Thread: La Raza hails appt. of Raza VP Munoz to White House Staff

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Nov 26, 2008


NCLR HAILS APPOINTMENT OF CECILIA MUÑOZ TO WHITE HOUSE STAFF

Washington, DC—The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) hailed today’s announcement by President-Elect Barack Obama that Cecilia Muñoz will become the Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in his administration. Muñoz currently serves as Senior Vice President for NCLR’s Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation.

“I am deeply honored and very heartened that one of the Obama Administration’s first Latino appointments is someone who has so ably served this organization and the Latino community with dedication and distinction for more than 20 years,â€

http://www.politico.com/politico44/


Cecilia Muñoz, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs: Cecilia Muñoz currently serves as Senior Vice President for the Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), where she supervises all legislative and advocacy activities conducted by NCLR policy staff. Muñoz is the Chair of the Board of Center for Community Change, and serves on the U.S. Programs Board of the Open Society Institute and the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Philanthropies. She is the daughter of immigrants from Bolivia and was born in Detroit, Michigan. In June 2000, she was awarded a MacArthur Foundation fellowship in recognition of her work on immigration and civil rights.

“We’re continuing to build a White House team that can rise to the challenges facing this country – and I couldn’t be more excited to announce Jon and Cecilia,â€

http://www.becoming44.org/content/obama ... e-staffers

Obama names two new White House staffers

Alexander Cohen - Posted on 26 November 2008

Obama has appointed Jonathan Favreau to be director of speechwriting, and Cecilia Muñoz, a federally registered lobbyist, to be director of Intergovernmental Affairs. The press release is after the jump.

President-Elect Barack Obama Names Two New White House Staff Members


WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama today announced two new members of the White House staff. Jonathan Favreau will serve as Director of Speechwriting, and Cecilia Muñoz will serve as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs.

“We’re continuing to build a White House team that can rise to the challenges facing this country – and I couldn’t be more excited to announce Jon and Cecilia. I’m confident that at a critical time in our history, this White House will restore openness and accountability to our Executive Branch and help to put government back in the hands of the people it serves.â€

Obama Appoints White House Speechwriting and Intergovernmental Affairs Heads

November 26, 2008
By Michael A. Fletcher
President-elect Barack Obama continued rounding out his White House staff today, naming Jonathan Favreau director of speechwriting and Cecilia Munoz director of intergovernmental affairs.

Favreau has worked for Obama since 2005, when he joined the president-elect's Senate office as a speechwriter. He later served as director of speechwriting during the presidential campaign, building on his role as deputy director of speechwritng for the 2004 campaign of Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.). At the White House, Favreau will oversee a team of writers who carefully craft words for the president's many public appearances.

Munoz, meanwhile, will oversee the White House office responsible for relations between the administration and state and local governments. The 2000 MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" winner is a senior vice president at the National Council of La Raza, a leading Hispanic civil rights group. There, she has spearheaded many of the organization's immigration initiatives. Currently, she is in charge of the group's entire advocacy and legislative agenda.

"We're continuing to build a White House team that can rise to the challenges facing this country -- and I couldn't be more excited to announce Jon and Cecilia," Obama said. "I'm confident that at a critical time in our history, this White House will restore openness and accountability to our executive branch and help to put government back in the hands of the people it serves."

http://voices.washingtonpost.com

"We're continuing to build a White House team that can rise to the challenges facing this country --

translation: stooping to the level --

"We're continuing to build a White House team that can rise to the challenges facing this country -- and I couldn't be more excited to announce Jon and Cecilia," Obama said. "I'm confident that at a critical time in our history, this White House will restore openness and accountability to our executive branch and help to put government back in the hands of the people it serves."


People it serves translates to Illegal Aliens with this appointment. Plus what happened to no lobbyist being appointed to his administration?

Originally Posted by Reciprocity

"We're continuing to build a White House team that can rise to the challenges facing this country -- and I couldn't be more excited to announce Jon and Cecilia," Obama said. "I'm confident that at a critical time in our history, this White House will restore openness and accountability to our executive branch and help to put government back in the hands of the people it serves."


People it serves translates to Illegal Aliens with this appointment. Plus what happened to no lobbyist being appointed to his administration?

They all will say whatever they can to get the vote. Once in office, they do whatever they want.

"Director of Intergovernmental Affairs" has any one ever heard of this position or was it invented just for her and La Raza's agenda?

[quote]this organization and the Latino community with dedication and distinction for more than 20 years,â€

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

"Director of Intergovernmental Affairs" has any one ever heard of this position or was it invented just for her and La Raza's agenda?

It's a division of the Dept of Interior SoSad:

www.doi.gov/iga/ - 19k -



The Office of External and Intergovernmental Affairs develops and enhances relationships with national and local organizations, public and private groups, and state organizations to promote Department of Interior policies that benefit our nation’s communities, natural and cultural resources on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior.


Equally as important, the Office is responsible for developing constructive, working relationships with state and locally elected officials and their associations such as the National Governors Association, the National Association of Regional Councils, the National Association of Counties and the National Conference of State Legislatures.


This site highlights many of these partnerships and the many programs and initiatives being coordinated from the Office of the Secretary