# Julie Chávez Rodriguez

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American activist (born 1978)

In this [Spanish name](/source/Spanish_name), the first or paternal [surname](/source/Surname) is *Chávez* and the second or maternal family name is *Rodriguez*.

Julie Chávez Rodriguez Official portrait, 2015 Senior Advisor to the President In office June 15, 2022 – May 16, 2023 President Joe Biden Preceded by Cedric Richmond Succeeded by Tom Perez[a] 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 (1978-04-07) April 7, 1978 (age 48) Delano, California, U.S. Party Democratic Relatives Cesar Chávez (grandfather) Helen Fabela Chávez (grandmother) Education University of California, Berkeley (BA)

**Julie Chávez Rodriguez** (born April 7, 1978)[1] is an American former political consultant and was the campaign manager for Vice President [Kamala Harris](/source/Kamala_Harris)'s [2024 presidential campaign](/source/Kamala_Harris_2024_presidential_campaign), transitioning to that role from President [Joe Biden](/source/Joe_Biden)'s [2024 re-election campaign](/source/Joe_Biden_2024_presidential_campaign).

From 2008 to 2016, Chávez Rodriguez served in the [Obama administration](/source/Obama_administration), initially working for the [United States Secretary of the Interior](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior) and later in the [White House Office of Public Engagement](/source/Office_of_Public_Liaison). In 2016, She was appointed state director for Senator [Kamala Harris](/source/Kamala_Harris) and from 2017 to 2019 served on Harris’s [2020 presidential campaign](/source/Kamala_Harris_2020_presidential_campaign). In 2020, Biden, the eventual Democratic presidential nominee, hired Chávez Rodriguez as senior advisor for Latino outreach in his [presidential campaign](/source/Joe_Biden_2020_presidential_campaign). In 2021, Chávez Rodriguez was appointed to be the director of Biden's [White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs](/source/White_House_Office_of_Intergovernmental_Affairs). In 2022 she was appointed [senior advisor to the president](/source/Senior_Advisor_to_the_President_of_the_United_States), and, in 2023, as his campaign manager.

## Early life and education

Rodriguez was born in [Delano, California](/source/Delano%2C_California).[2] She was raised in [Tehachapi](/source/Tehachapi%2C_California) in a family of well-known labor activists affiliated with the [United Farm Workers of America](/source/United_Farm_Workers) organization. She is the daughter of Linda Chávez Rodriguez and [Arturo Rodriguez](/source/Arturo_Rodriguez_(unionist)), and the granddaughter of American labor activist, Helen Fabela Chávez, and American labor leader, [César Chávez](/source/Cesar_Chavez). Her parents were full time volunteers for the UFWA. Rodriguez would often attend labor rallies with her parents and grandparents and assist them in UFWA community outreach activities.[1]

Rodriguez attended [Tehachapi High School](/source/Tehachapi_High_School), and later attended the [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley), where she received a bachelor's degree in [Latin American Studies](/source/Latin_American_Studies) in 2000.[3]

During her summer breaks, Rodriguez worked at the [AFL–CIO](/source/AFL%E2%80%93CIO). She also spent summers volunteering with the UFWA, organizing strawberry pickers in [Watsonville, California](/source/Watsonville%2C_California).[2]

## Career

From 2001 to 2008, Rodriguez worked as a program director at the Cesar Chavez Foundation.[4]

### Obama administration

Rodriguez worked as a full-time volunteer for [Barack Obama](/source/Barack_Obama)'s [2008 presidential campaign](/source/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign) in Colorado. In 2009, Rodriguez was hired by the [Obama administration](/source/Presidency_of_Barack_Obama), initially working as Director of Youth Employment and later as Deputy Press Secretary to former [United States Secretary of the Interior](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior), [Ken Salazar](/source/Ken_Salazar).[2][5]

From 2011 to 2017, Rodriguez served in the [Obama administration](/source/Obama_administration) in its [White House Office of Public Engagement](/source/Office_of_Public_Liaison) as deputy director of public engagement and later served as Special Assistant to the President. Her work as deputy director initially involved immigration and Latino outreach and evolved into the management of the White House's outreach program to [Latino](/source/Latino_(demonym)), [LGBT](/source/LGBT), veteran, [Asian American](/source/Asian_American) and [Pacific Islander](/source/Pacific_Islander), [Muslim](/source/Muslim), youth, education and [progressive](/source/Progressivism) communities.[1][6][7]

### Kamala Harris posts

On December 11, 2016, Rodriguez was appointed by California Senator [Kamala Harris](/source/Kamala_Harris) to serve as her state director.[7] In 2017, Rodriguez was hired by Harris's [2020 presidential campaign](/source/Kamala_Harris_2020_presidential_campaign) and served on it until Harris withdrew her candidacy in late 2019. Rodriguez initially served as co-national political director and later took on the role of the campaign's traveling chief of staff.[1][8]

### Biden administration

In 2020, Rodriguez was hired by Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign as senior advisor to oversee Latino outreach. She was the highest-ranking Latina who worked for the campaign.[9][10]

On January 20, 2021, Rodriguez began her appointment as director of the [White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs](/source/White_House_Office_of_Intergovernmental_Affairs).[11]

On June 15, 2022, ahead of the [2022 midterm elections](/source/2022_United_States_elections#Federal_elections), Biden promoted her to be a [senior advisor to the president](/source/Senior_Advisor_to_the_President_of_the_United_States), a senior staff position.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

On April 25, 2023, it was announced that Rodriguez would serve as Campaign Manager of Biden's [2024 presidential campaign](/source/Joe_Biden_2024_presidential_campaign), with [Quentin Fulks](/source/Quentin_Fulks) as Principal Deputy Campaign Manager.[12][13] This is the first time a [Latina](/source/Latinas) and African American man were selected to run the campaign of an incumbent president.[12] On May 16, 2023, she was replaced as director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs by [Tom Perez](/source/Tom_Perez).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## See also

- [Cesar Chavez](/source/Cesar_Chavez)

- [Sí se puede](/source/S%C3%AD_se_puede)

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Also succeeds [Neera Tanden](/source/Neera_Tanden)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NBC_News_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NBC_News_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-NBC_News_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-NBC_News_2-3) Reyes, Paul A. (March 31, 2015). ["Cesar Chavez Day: Julie Chavez Rodriguez On Grandfather's Legacy"](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/white-house-julie-chavez-carries-grandfathers-public-service-legacy-n331446). *[NBC News](/source/NBC_News)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200525182517/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/white-house-julie-chavez-carries-grandfathers-public-service-legacy-n331446) from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-LA_Times_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-LA_Times_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-LA_Times_3-2) Parsons, Christi (April 2014). ["Cesar Chavez's legacy is at work in the White House"](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-white-house-cesar-chavez-20140401-story.html). *[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200701101224/https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-white-house-cesar-chavez-20140401-story.html) from the original on July 1, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Lempinen, Edward (April 27, 2023). ["Julie Chavez Rodriguez, 'visionary' Berkeley grad, to run Biden campaign"](https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/04/26/julie-chavez-rodriguez-visionary-berkeley-grad-to-run-biden-campaign/). *Berkeley News*. Retrieved December 20, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Honolulu_Advertiser_5-0)** Ritz, Mary Kay (January 6, 2009). ["Memories of Cesar"](http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2009/Jan/06/il/hawaii901060302.html). *[Honolulu Advertiser](/source/Honolulu_Advertiser)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200703134026/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2009/Jan/06/il/hawaii901060302.html) from the original on July 3, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Aspen_Institute_6-0)** ["Julie Chavez Rodriguez"](https://www.aspeninstitute.org/our-people/julie-chavez-rodriguez/). *Aspen Institute*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200703035404/https://www.aspeninstitute.org/our-people/julie-chavez-rodriguez/) from the original on July 3, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-San_Jose_Mercury_News_7-0)** ["Search Results Web results Biden hires Cesar Chávez granddaughter, Kamala Harris aide"](https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/19/biden-hires-cesar-chavez-granddaughter-kamala-harris-aide/). *[San Jose Mercury News](/source/San_Jose_Mercury_News)*. [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press). May 19, 2020. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200805140632/https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/19/biden-hires-cesar-chavez-granddaughter-kamala-harris-aide/) from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Senator_Kamala_Harris_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Senator_Kamala_Harris_8-1) ["Senator-Elect Kamala Harris Announces Appointment of Julie Chavez Rodriguez as California State Director"](https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-elect-kamala-harris-announces-appointment-of-julie-chavez-rodriguez-as-california-state-director). *Kamala Harris U.S. Senator for California*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201006103509/https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-elect-kamala-harris-announces-appointment-of-julie-chavez-rodriguez-as-california-state-director) from the original on October 6, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Kamala_Harris_campaign_9-0)** ["Kamala Harris for the People"](https://www.democracyinaction.us/2020/harris/harrisorg.html). *Organization of Kamala Harris*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200813023202/https://www.democracyinaction.us/2020/harris/harrisorg.html) from the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Detroit_News_10-0)** ["Biden hires Chávez granddaughter to help on Latino outreach"](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/05/19/election-2020-biden-latinos-julie-chavez-rodriguez/111803066/). *[Detroit News](/source/Detroit_News)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200630211113/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/05/19/election-2020-biden-latinos-julie-chavez-rodriguez/111803066/) from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NBC_news_Biden_hire_11-0)** Peña, Maria (May 23, 2020). ["Biden names Julie Chávez Rodríguez, César Chávez's granddaughter, as top Latina on team"](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/biden-names-julie-ch-vez-rodr-guez-c-sar-ch-n1210241). *[NBC News](/source/NBC_News)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200809230253/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/biden-names-julie-ch-vez-rodr-guez-c-sar-ch-n1210241) from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CNN_12-0)** Bradner, Eric (November 17, 2020). ["Biden builds out White House senior staff with top campaign advisers"](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/politics/biden-white-house-senior-staff/index.html). *[CNN](/source/CNN)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201117165555/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/politics/biden-white-house-senior-staff/index.html) from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_13-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_13-1) Pager, Tyler (April 24, 2023). ["Biden team plans television ads after Tuesday reelection announcement"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/24/biden-reelection-announce-2024/). *[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Kapos, Shia (April 25, 2023). ["Duckworth, Fulks join team Biden"](https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/04/25/duckworth-fulks-join-team-biden-00093670). *[Politico](/source/Politico)*. Retrieved October 8, 2023.

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