President-elect Joe Biden.
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The presence of Latinos increases in the front-line team of the president-elect Joe Biden and the vice president-elect Kamala Harris with the integration of Cristóbal J. Alex, Emmy ruiz and Adrian Saenz in Cabinet areas, dissemination and public participation.
Alex will be Undersecretary of Cabinet. He was founding president of the Latino Victory Fund and national deputy director of outreach and voter mobilization for Hillary for America, but on Biden’s campaign he was an advisor. The son of immigrants, a native of El Paso, Texas, received his law degree specializing in civil rights from the University of Washington.
Ruiz will serve as deputy director of Political Strategy and Disclosure. She was a campaign assistant to Vice President-Elect Harris, Secretary Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama and Democratic President Tom Perez, but is a well-known LGBTQ and women’s rights activist, work she took to another level as a co-founder and partner of the political firm NEWCO Strategies. Ruiz graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He lives in Austin with his wife and son.
Sáenz will be deputy director of the Office of Public Participation. He was a Latino paid media advisor on the Biden-Harris campaign, but has experience in the White House, having served as Special Assistant to the President, Deputy Director and Senior Advisor in the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs during the administration of President Barack Obama . He is originally from Texas and graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio.
“Our nation faces urgent challenges and we are building a team that will be ready to meet them from day one,” President-elect Biden said.
The appointments also include Evan Ryan, as cabinet secretary; Erin Wilson, as deputy director of Political Strategy and Disclosure; Austin Lin, who will be the Deputy Director of Technology, and David Recordon, Director of Technology.
President-elect Biden’s transition team indicated the team will target state and local governments and organizations, as well as civilians.
“To meet the unprecedented challenges facing the American people, we must build an administration that reflects the best of our country.”said Vice President-elect Harris.
The Chief of Staff, Ron klain considered that a team is being put together that “breaks barriers.”
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