Maria Echaveste
Maria Echaveste | |
|---|---|
Echaveste in 1998 | |
| 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 | May 31, 1954 Texas, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Christopher Edley (died 2024)(m. 1999), Stanley Kalmon Schlein (m.1989, divorced (year unknown) |
| Education | Stanford University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (JD) |
Maria Echaveste (born May 31, 1954) is an American politician and civil rights activist who was a U.S. presidential advisor to Bill Clinton and White House Deputy Chief of Staff during the second Clinton administration. 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.