Hispanic Appointments to High Office Made by Obama

Post Author
By Henry Wolff
Post Date
Fri Sep 04 2009

President Barack Obama has appointed more Hispanics to high office than any previous president, reflecting the growing political clout of the nation’s largest minority group. His 43 appointees:

Last name	First name	Agency	Position
Adorno	Rolena	National Council on the Humanities	Member
Avalos	Edward	U.S. Department of Agriculture	Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
Borras	Rafael	Department of Homeland Security	Under Secretary for Management
Boylan	Lorelei	Department of Labor	Wage and Hour Administrator
Connor	Michael	Department of the Interior	Director of Bureau of Reclamation
De Baca	Lou	State Department	Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of Persons
Demeo	Marisa	Washington, D.C., Superior Court	Judge
Diaz	Miguel	State Department	Ambassador to the Vatican
Esquea	Jimmy	Department of Health and Human Services	Assistant Secretary for Legislation
Fernandez	John	Commerce Department	Assistant Secretary for Economic Development and EDA Administrator
Fernandez	Alberto	State Department	Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Fernandez	Jose	State Department	Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs
Garcia	Juan	Department of Defense	Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Garcia	Joe	Department of Energy	Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact
Garza	Alexander	Department of Homeland Security	Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer
Gomez	Gabriella “Gaby”	Department of Education	Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Congressional Affairs
Marquez	Mercedes	Department of Housing and Urban Development	Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development
Marshall	Capricia	State Department	Chief of Protocol
Martinez	Kathleen “Kathy”	Department of Labor	Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy
Martinez	Vilma	State Department	Ambassador to Argentina
Mayorkas	Alejandro	Department of Homeland Security	Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Melendez de Santa Ana	Thelma	Department of Education	Assistant Secretary – Elementary & Secondary Education
Mendez	Victor	Transportation Department	Administrator, Federal Highway Administration
Moreno	Ignacia	Department of Justice	Assistant AG for Environment and Natural Resources Division
Nazario	Carmen	Department of Health and Human Services	Assistant Secretary for Children and Families
Otero	Maria	State Department	Undersecretary, Global Affairs
Pascual	Carlos	State Department	Ambassador to Mexico
Perez	Thomas	Department of Justice	Assistant AG – Civil Rights
Riojas	Jose	Department of Veterans Affairs	Assistant Secretary of Operations, Security, and Preparedness
Rios	Rosa	Treasury Department	Treasurer
Salazar	Ken	Department of the Interior	Secretary
Sanchez	Francisco	Commerce Department	Under Secretary, International Trade
Sepulveda	John	Department of Veterans Affairs	Assistant Secretary for Human Resources
Serino	Richard	Department of Homeland Security	Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Silva	Peter	Environmental Protection Agency	Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water
Solis	Hilda	Department of Labor	Secretary
Sotomayor	Sonia	U.S. Supreme Court	Justice
Sutley	Nancy	Council on Environmental Quality	Chairman
Trasvina	John	Department of Housing and Urban Development	Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Triay	Ines	Department of Energy	Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management
Valencia-Weber	Gloria Mendivil	Legal Services Corporation	Board Member
Valenzuela	Arturo	State Department	Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere
Westphal	Joe	Department of Defense	Under Secretary of the Army

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