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Echaveste, Maria was born in 1954 in Texas, United States.
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Maria Echaveste
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Maria Echaveste, American lobbyist, former federal official. Named an Outstanding Latina Leader in Government, Latina magazine, 1999; recipient Innovations in Government award, 1996, Dialogue on Diversity Leadership award, 2002, National Hispana Leadership Institute award, 2003. Board directors People for the American Way, Children's Law Center, Cooperative American Relief Everywhere; member advisory board Woodrow Wilson Mexico Institute.
Education
Bachelor in Anthropology, Stanford University, 1976. Juris Doctor, University California, Berkeley, 1980.
Career
Associate Wyman Bautzer. Special counsel Rosenman & Colin, 1989—1993. Deputy director personnel President Bill Clinton's Transition Team, Washington, 1993.
Administrator wage & hour division United States Department Labor, 1993—1997. Assistant to President, director public liaison The White House, 1997-1998, assistant to President, deputy chief staff, 1998—2001. Senior fellow Center for American Progress.
Co-founder, partner Nueva Vista Group LLC, since 2000. Lecturer in residence University California Berkeley School Law. Commentator To the Contrary.
Member executive committee Democratic National Committee, 2001. Senior advisory Presidential Campaign for Howard Dean, 2003.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors People for the American Way, Children's Law Center, Cooperative American Relief Everywhere. Member advisory board Woodrow Wilson Mexico Institute.
Connections
Married Chris Edley.
Awards
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Named an Outstanding Latina Leader in Government, Latina magazine, 1999. Recipient Innovations in Government award, 1996, Dialogue on Diversity Leadership award, 2002, National Hispana Leadership Institute award, 2003.Named an Outstanding Latina Leader in Government, Latina magazine, 1999. Recipient Innovations in Government award, 1996, Dialogue on Diversity Leadership award, 2002, National Hispana Leadership Institute award, 2003.