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LINDA CHAVEZ
President
Linda Chavez is president of Stop Union Political Abuse, a non-profit
public policy research organization in Sterling, Virginia. She also writes
a weekly syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country,
is a political analyst for FOX News Channel, and hosts a daily radio show
on WMET 1160 AM radio in Washington, DC.
Chavez’s latest book, Betrayal: How Union Bosses Shake Down
Their Members and Corrupt American Politics (Crown Books, 2004), describes
how unions divert hundreds of millions of dollars into political
campaigns, often without their members’ knowledge or permission, and the
public policy consequences that ensue.
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., Pilgrim’s
Pride, and IDT Capital, a subsidiary of IDT Corporation, as well as on
boards of several non-profit organizations. Chavez is also active in the
Republican Party and chairs the Latino Alliance, a federally registered
political action committee.
Chavez was born in Albuquerque, NM, on June 17, 1947, received a Bachelor
of Arts degree from the University of Colorado in 1970. She is married and
is the mother of three sons. She currently lives in Reston, Virginia.
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