{{Short description|American activist (born 1978)}} {{family name hatnote|Chávez|Rodriguez|lang=Spanish}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Use American English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Julie Chávez Rodriguez | image = Julie Chavez Rodriguez, EOP.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2015 | office1 = [[Senior Advisor to the President of the United States|Senior Advisor to the President]] | president1 = [[Joe Biden]] | alongside1 = | term_start1 = June 15, 2022 | term_end1 = May 16, 2023 | predecessor1 = [[Cedric Richmond]] | successor1 = [[Tom Perez]]{{efn|Also succeeds [[Neera Tanden]]}} | office2 = Director of the [[White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs]] | president2 = [[Joe Biden]] | deputy2 = [[Gabe Amo]] | term_start2 = January 20, 2021 | term_end2 = May 16, 2023 | predecessor2 = [[Douglas Hoelscher]] | successor2 = [[Tom Perez]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|4|7}} | birth_place = [[Delano, California]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | relatives = [[Cesar Chávez]] (grandfather)<br>[[Helen Fabela Chávez]] (grandmother) | education = [[University of California, Berkeley]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) }}
'''Julie Chávez Rodriguez''' (born April 7, 1978)<ref name="NBC News">{{cite web |last1=Reyes |first1=Paul A. |title=Cesar Chavez Day: Julie Chavez Rodriguez On Grandfather's Legacy |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/white-house-julie-chavez-carries-grandfathers-public-service-legacy-n331446 |website=[[NBC News]] |date=March 31, 2015 |accessdate=June 30, 2020 |archive-date=May 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525182517/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/white-house-julie-chavez-carries-grandfathers-public-service-legacy-n331446 |url-status=live}}</ref> is an American former political consultant and was the campaign manager for Vice President [[Kamala Harris]]'s [[Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign|2024 presidential campaign]], transitioning to that role from President [[Joe Biden]]'s [[Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign|2024 re-election campaign]].
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 [[Office of Public Liaison|White House Office of Public Engagement]]. In 2016, She was appointed state director for Senator [[Kamala Harris]] and from 2017 to 2019 served on Harris’s [[Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign|2020 presidential campaign]]. In 2020, Biden, the eventual Democratic presidential nominee, hired Chávez Rodriguez as senior advisor for Latino outreach in his [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]]. 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 of the United States|senior advisor to the president]], and, in 2023, as his campaign manager.
==Early life and education== Rodriguez was born in [[Delano, California]].<ref name="LA Times">{{cite web |last1=Parsons |first1=Christi |title=Cesar Chavez's legacy is at work in the White House |url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-white-house-cesar-chavez-20140401-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2020 |archive-date=July 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701101224/https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-white-house-cesar-chavez-20140401-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She was raised in [[Tehachapi, California|Tehachapi]] in a family of well-known labor activists affiliated with the [[United Farm Workers|United Farm Workers of America]] organization. She is the daughter of Linda Chávez Rodriguez and [[Arturo Rodriguez (unionist)|Arturo Rodriguez]], and the granddaughter of American labor activist, Helen Fabela Chávez, and American labor leader, [[Cesar Chavez|César Chávez]]. 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.<ref name="NBC News" />
Rodriguez attended [[Tehachapi High School]], and later attended the [[University of California, Berkeley]], where she received a bachelor's degree in [[Latin American Studies]] in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lempinen |first=Edward |date=2023-04-27 |title=Julie Chavez Rodriguez, 'visionary' Berkeley grad, to run Biden campaign |url=https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/04/26/julie-chavez-rodriguez-visionary-berkeley-grad-to-run-biden-campaign/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Berkeley News |language=en}}</ref>
During her summer breaks, Rodriguez worked at the [[AFL–CIO]]. She also spent summers volunteering with the UFWA, organizing strawberry pickers in [[Watsonville, California]].<ref name="LA Times" />
==Career== From 2001 to 2008, Rodriguez worked as a program director at the Cesar Chavez Foundation.<ref name="Honolulu Advertiser">{{cite web |last1=Ritz |first1=Mary Kay |title=Memories of Cesar |url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2009/Jan/06/il/hawaii901060302.html |website=[[Honolulu Advertiser]] |date= January 6, 2009 |access-date=June 30, 2020 |archive-date=July 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703134026/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2009/Jan/06/il/hawaii901060302.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Obama administration=== Rodriguez worked as a full-time volunteer for [[Barack Obama]]'s [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign|2008 presidential campaign]] in Colorado. In 2009, Rodriguez was hired by the [[Presidency of Barack Obama|Obama administration]], initially working as Director of Youth Employment and later as Deputy Press Secretary to former [[United States Secretary of the Interior]], [[Ken Salazar]].<ref name="LA Times" /><ref name="Aspen Institute">{{cite web |title=Julie Chavez Rodriguez |url=https://www.aspeninstitute.org/our-people/julie-chavez-rodriguez/ |website=Aspen Institute |access-date=June 30, 2020 |archive-date=July 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703035404/https://www.aspeninstitute.org/our-people/julie-chavez-rodriguez/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
From 2011 to 2017, Rodriguez served in the [[Obama administration]] in its [[Office of Public Liaison|White House Office of Public Engagement]] 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 (demonym)|Latino]], [[LGBT]], veteran, [[Asian American]] and [[Pacific Islander]], [[Muslim]], youth, education and [[progressivism|progressive]] communities.<ref name="NBC News" /><ref name="San Jose Mercury News">{{cite web |title=Search Results Web results Biden hires Cesar Chávez granddaughter, Kamala Harris aide |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/19/biden-hires-cesar-chavez-granddaughter-kamala-harris-aide/ |website=[[San Jose Mercury News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=May 19, 2020 |access-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805140632/https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/19/biden-hires-cesar-chavez-granddaughter-kamala-harris-aide/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Senator Kamala Harris" />
===Kamala Harris posts=== On December 11, 2016, Rodriguez was appointed by California Senator [[Kamala Harris]] to serve as her state director.<ref name="Senator Kamala Harris">{{cite web |title=Senator-Elect Kamala Harris Announces Appointment of Julie Chavez Rodriguez as California State Director |url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-elect-kamala-harris-announces-appointment-of-julie-chavez-rodriguez-as-california-state-director |website=Kamala Harris U.S. Senator for California |access-date=August 25, 2020 |archive-date=October 6, 2020 |archive-url=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 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, Rodriguez was hired by Harris's [[Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign|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.<ref name="NBC News" /><ref name="Kamala Harris campaign">{{cite web |title=Kamala Harris for the People |url=https://www.democracyinaction.us/2020/harris/harrisorg.html |website=Organization of Kamala Harris |access-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-date=August 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813023202/https://www.democracyinaction.us/2020/harris/harrisorg.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
===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.<ref name="Detroit News">{{cite web |title=Biden hires Chávez granddaughter to help on Latino outreach |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/05/19/election-2020-biden-latinos-julie-chavez-rodriguez/111803066/ |website=[[Detroit News]] |access-date=June 30, 2020 |archive-date=June 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630211113/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/05/19/election-2020-biden-latinos-julie-chavez-rodriguez/111803066/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NBC news Biden hire">{{cite web |last1=Peña |first1=Maria |title=Biden names Julie Chávez Rodríguez, César Chávez's granddaughter, as top Latina on team |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/biden-names-julie-ch-vez-rodr-guez-c-sar-ch-n1210241 |website=[[NBC News]] |date=May 23, 2020 |access-date=August 25, 2020 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809230253/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/biden-names-julie-ch-vez-rodr-guez-c-sar-ch-n1210241 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On January 20, 2021, Rodriguez began her appointment as director of the [[White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs]].<ref name="CNN">{{cite web |last1=Bradner |first1=Eric |title=Biden builds out White House senior staff with top campaign advisers |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/politics/biden-white-house-senior-staff/index.html |website=[[CNN]] |date=November 17, 2020 |access-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117165555/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/politics/biden-white-house-senior-staff/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
On June 15, 2022, ahead of the [[2022 United States elections#Federal elections|2022 midterm elections]], Biden promoted her to be a [[Senior Advisor to the President of the United States|senior advisor to the president]], a senior staff position.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
On April 25, 2023, it was announced that Rodriguez would serve as Campaign Manager of Biden's [[Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign|2024 presidential campaign]], with [[Quentin Fulks]] as Principal Deputy Campaign Manager.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Pager |first=Tyler |date=April 24, 2023 |title=Biden team plans television ads after Tuesday reelection announcement |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/24/biden-reelection-announce-2024/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kapos |first=Shia |date=April 25, 2023 |title=Duckworth, Fulks join team Biden |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/04/25/duckworth-fulks-join-team-biden-00093670 |access-date=October 8, 2023 |website=[[Politico]] |language=en}}</ref> This is the first time a [[Latinas|Latina]] and African American man were selected to run the campaign of an incumbent president.<ref name=":0" /> On May 16, 2023, she was replaced as director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs by [[Tom Perez]].{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
==See also== *[[Cesar Chavez]] *[[Sí se puede]]
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==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons}} *{{C-SPAN|127188}}
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