Executive Vice President

Expertise

NCLR public policy advocacy; civil rights, education, economic mobility, housing, community development, immigration, and the Raza Development Fund

Background

Current Position: Oversight of health and workforce development programs (on interim basis); assistance to NCLR President/CEO in overseeing and managing key operating units; on board of directors of NCLR’s Raza Development Fund, one of the largest Community Development Financial Institutions in the U.S.

Previous Position(s): NCLR Policy Analysis Center; past chair, Compliance and Enforcement Committee of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; past chair, National Community Reinvestment Coalition; past Chair, National Immigration Law Center; past board member, National Low Income Housing Coalition; past board member, National Immigration Forum; past board member, National Neighborhood Coalition; past board member, Coalition on Human Needs

Selected Publications

Mobilizing the Latino Vote: Tapping the Power of the Hispanic Electorate, coauthored with Cecilia Muñoz, Lisa Navarrete, Sonia M. Pérez, and Clarissa Martinez De Castro (July 2002)

Increasing Hispanic Homeownership: Strategies for Programs and Public Policy, coauthored with Erika Hizel and Geraldine Schafer (June 2002)

Financial Services and Hispanic Americans, coauthored with Laura Arce (August 2000)