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Cecilia Muñoz

Cecilia Munoz headshot (Kresge Foundation)

Cecilia Muñoz

  • Former Director, White House Domestic Policy Council, Administration of President Barack Obama

Cecilia Muñoz is a national leader in public policy and public interest technology with three decades of experience in the nonprofit sector and eight years of service on President Barack Obama’s senior team, including five years leading the White House Domestic Policy Council. She serves as an advisor to several nonprofits and co-chairs the Office of American Possibilities, a civic moonshot factory that aims to solve public challenges across political divides. Before working in government, she spent 20 years at the National Council of La Raza, now UNIDOS US, the nation’s largest Hispanic policy and advocacy organization. She is a trustee of the Kresge, MacArthur, and Joyce foundations and serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations. In 2020, she published the award-winning book More Than Ready: Be Strong and Be You...and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise. 

Events

Stories of America: Democracy, Identity, and Culture

Melody Barnes, Daniel Darling, Conor Friedersdorf, Cecilia Muñoz, Annise Parker

What does it mean to be an American? In this time of deep polarization, is it possible for all sides to embrace a shared national identity?

3:30pm - 4:45pm
The Paramount Theater
Oct
20