Cecilia Muñoz
Cecilia Muñoz (born July 27, 1962) is an American political advisor who served as Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council under President Obama, a position she held for five years. Prior to that, she served as the White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for three years.
Cecilia Muñoz | |
|---|---|
| Director of the Domestic Policy Council | |
| In office January 10, 2012 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | James Kvaal |
| Preceded by | Melody Barnes |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Bremberg |
| Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs | |
| In office January 20, 2009 – January 10, 2012 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Janet Creighton |
| Succeeded by | David Agnew |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 27, 1962 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Amit Pandya |
| Education | University of Michigan (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA) |
Before working for the White House, she was Senior Vice President for the Office of Research, Advocacy and Legislation at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest Latino advocacy organization in the United States. At NCLR, she supervised all legislative and advocacy activities conducted by NCLR policy staff. She was also the Chair of the Board of the Center for Community Change and served on the U.S. Programs Board of the Open Society Institute and on the boards of directors of the Atlantic Philanthropies and the National Immigration Forum. In 2000, she was named a MacArthur Fellow for her work on civil rights and immigration.
She was featured in several episodes of the documentary series How Democracy Works Now: Twelve Stories, and she contributed a chapter to West Wingers: Stories from the Dream Chasers, Change Makers, and Hope Creators Inside the Obama White House discussing her experiences in the Obama White House.