Anna Escobedo Cabral

Anna Escobedo Cabral
Official portrait
42nd Treasurer of the United States
In office
January 19, 2005 – January 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byRosario Marin
Succeeded byRosa Gumataotao Rios
Personal details
Born (1959-10-12) October 12, 1959 (age 65)
San Bernardino, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseVictor G. Cabral
Alma materUniversity of California, Davis (BA)
Harvard University (MPA)
George Mason University (JD)
ProfessionAttorney
Cabral's signature, as used on American currency

Anna Escobedo Cabral (born October 12, 1959)[1] is an American politician who served as the Unit Chief for Strategic Communications in the External Relations Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) from 2009 to 2018. Today, she and her husband serve as partners of the Cabral Group, a consulting and public policy firm. She also serves as an independent director for Navient, a member of the Comcast NBCU diversity council, and as an advisor to the Libra Group, and Valaurum. Her current nonprofit commitments include serving as chair of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, chair of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Treasurer of Lideramos, a national Latino organization focused on providing leadership training to grassroots community advocates, and member of the board of governors of Orange County Community Foundation. Prior to joining the IDB, Cabral served as the 42nd Treasurer of the United States from January 19, 2005, to January 20, 2009. She became the highest-ranking Latina in the George W. Bush administration after the resignation of Rosario Marin.

  1. ^ United States Congress Senate Committee on Finance (2005). Nomination of Anna Escobedo Cabral: Hearing Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, on the Nomination of Anna Escobedo Cabral to be U.S. Treasurer, U.S. Department of the Treasury, October 8, 2004. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-16-074693-2.