WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This week President Obama announced the appointment of Cecilia Munoz as Director of the Domestic Policy Council. She is the first Latina to hold this position, which oversees policy development on a wide range of domestic issues, including those most important to the HNBA and its membership. 

"The HNBA has had the pleasure of working with Ms. Munoz throughout her distinguished career, and our community has benefitted from commitment to justice and to improving conditions for the broader Latino community.  Moreover, we are incredibly proud to have her as the first Latina to serve in this role and we commend the President for his wise choice in this appointment. Ms. Munoz has dedicated her professional life to serving our nation, in particular the Hispanic community, through her work as a policy expert, ardent advocate, and in government. Without a doubt, her expertise on such a broad variety of issues, her passion, and commitment to our community continues to be a great asset to the administration as she assumes this new position. We look forward to continuing to work with her for the betterment of all Hispanics."

In January 2009, Ms. Munoz joined the administration as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House and has been the main point of contact for the Hispanic community. Ms. Munoz replaces Melody Barnes as the new Director of the Domestic Policy Council. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Munoz worked for the National Council of La Raza, as Senior Vice President for the Office of Research, Advocacy and Legislation. In this role she led national initiatives  in the area of immigration policy and immigration reform, as well as civil rights. In 2000, she was named a MacArthur Fellow for her work on civil rights and immigration.

The HNBA is an incorporated, not-for-profit, national membership organization that represents the interests of the more than 100,000 attorneys, judges, law professors, legal professionals, and law students of Hispanic descent in the United States and its  territories.  For more information about the HNBA, please visit www.hnba.com.

SOURCE Hispanic National Bar Association

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