Maria Echaveste | |
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White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy | |
In office June 29, 1998 – January 20, 2001 | |
President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Sylvia Burwell |
Succeeded by | Joshua Bolten |
Director of the Office of Public Liaison | |
In office February 7, 1997 – June 29, 1998 | |
President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Alexis Herman |
Succeeded by | Minyon Moore |
Personal details | |
Born | Texas, U.S. | May 31, 1954
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Christopher Edley (died 2024) |
Education | Stanford University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (JD) |
Maria Echaveste (born May 31, 1954)[1] is a former U.S. presidential advisor to Bill Clinton and White House Deputy Chief of Staff during the second Clinton administration.[2] She is one of the highest-ranking Latinas to have served in a presidential administration. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a co-founder of the Nueva Vista Group, a policy, legislative strategy and advocacy group working with non-profit and corporate clients.[3]