Linda Chavez Biography
Linda Chavez is president of the Becoming American Initiative. She wrote a weekly syndicated column for three decades that appeared in newspapers across the country, is a contributor to daily online publication The Bulwark, and participates weekly in The Bulwark’s podcast “Beg to Differ.” Chavez authored “Out of the Barrio: Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation” (Basic Books 1991), which the Denver Post described as a book that “should explode the stereotypes about Hispanics that have clouded the minds of patronizing liberals and xenophobic conservatives alike.” National Review described Chavez’s memoir, “An Unlikely Conservative: The Transformation of an Ex-Liberal” (Basic Books 2002), as a “brilliant, provocative, and moving book.” In 2000, Chavez was honored by the Library of Congress as a “Living Legend” for her contributions to America’s cultural and historical legacy. In January 2001, Chavez was President George W. Bush’s nominee for Secretary of Labor until she withdrew her name from consideration.
Chavez has held a number of appointed positions, among them Chairman, National Commission on Migrant Education (1988-1992); White House Director of Public Liaison (1985); Staff Director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1983-1985); and she was a member of the Administrative Conference of the United States (1984-1986). Chavez was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Maryland in 1986. In 1992, she was elected by the United Nations’ Human Rights Commission to serve a four-year term as U.S. Expert to the U.N. Sub-commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities.
Chavez was also editor of the prize-winning quarterly journal American Educator (1977-1983), published by the American Federation of Teachers, where she also served as assistant to AFT president Al Shanker (1982-1983) and assistant director of legislation (1975-1977).
Chavez serves on the Board of Directors of ABM Industries, Inc. a Fortune 1000 company, as well as on boards of several non-profit organizations.
Chavez was born in Albuquerque, NM, on June 17, 1947, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Colorado in 1970 and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from George Mason University in 2012. She currently resides in Silver Spring, MD.
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Linda Chavez is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Workplace Diversity: Necessity or Myth?, Dangers of Union Political Influence on American Politics, Melting Pot or Boiling Point?: America in the New Millennium, The Folly of Bilingual Education, Racial Preferences and Affirmative Action and Can also speak on: Union Issues, Politics, and the Economy.. The estimated speaking fee range to book Linda Chavez for your event is $5,000 - $10,000. Linda Chavez generally travels from Silver Spring, MD, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Katie Pavlich, Jason Mattera, Pete Seat, Lawrence B. Jones III and Rachel Campos-Duffy. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Linda Chavez for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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