Julie Chávez Rodriguez
Julie Chávez Rodriguez (born April 7, 1978) is an American political rights activist and campaign manager for the Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign.
Julie Chávez Rodriguez | |
|---|---|
| Senior Advisor to the President | |
| In office June 15, 2022 – May 16, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Cedric Richmond |
| Succeeded by | Tom Perez |
| Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs | |
| In office January 20, 2021 – May 16, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Deputy | Gabe Amo |
| Preceded by | Douglas Hoelscher |
| Succeeded by | Tom Perez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 7, 1978 Delano, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Relatives | Cesar Chávez (grandfather) Helen Fabela Chávez (grandmother) |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BS) |
She grew up in California in a well-known family of American labor and civil rights activists, the granddaughter of American labor leader, César Chávez and American labor activist Helen Fabela Chávez.
From 2008 to 2016, Chávez Rodriguez served in the Obama administration, initially working for the United States Secretary of the Interior and later in the White House Office of Public Engagement. In 2016, She was appointed state director for Senator Kamala Harris and from 2017 to 2019 served on the Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign. In 2020, Chávez Rodriguez was hired by the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign as senior advisor for Latino outreach. In 2021, Chávez Rodriguez was appointed to be the director of Biden's White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. In 2022 she was appointed senior advisor to the president, and in 2023, campaign manager.