Maria Echaveste

Maria Echaveste is a superdelegate in the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.

2008 elections
"Echaveste has built a distinguished career working as a senior White House official, long-time community leader, and corporate attorney. Echaveste's background provides her with a unique understanding of how to develop and implement a successful legislative strategy and how to build new alliances to support the work of her non-profit and corporate clients. Prior to founding the Nueva Vista Group, she served as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for President Clinton, a position she held from May 1998 through January 2001. Echaveste is a researcher and lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley's Boalt School of Law and Goldman Graduate School of Public Policy.“


 * Director, CARE USA
 * Director, National Campaign To Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
 * Director, People for the American Way
 * Member, Inter-American Dialogue
 * Member, United States Consensus Council Roster for Search for Common Ground
 * Advisory Board, American Constitution Society
 * Former member, President's Interagency Council on Women