Cecilia Muñoz
Cecilia Muñoz is Sr. Advisor at New America and co-chair of welcome USA. She is national leader in public policy and public interest technology with nearly three decades of experience in the nonprofit sector and 8 years of service on President Obama’s senior team. She joined New America in 2017 as a vice president, leading local initiatives and building a team on public interest technology. She returned to New America as a senior advisor in early 2021 after taking leave to lead the domestic and economic policy team for the Biden/Harris Transition. Previously, she served for eight years on President Obama’s senior staff. Before working in government, she spent 20 years at the National Council of La Raza (now UNIDOS US). Cecilia received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2000 for her work on immigration and civil rights, and is a trustee of the Kresge, MacArthur and Joyce Foundations. She advises the Open Society and JPB Foundations, and serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations. In 2020, she published the award-winning More Than Ready: Be Strong and Be You...and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise.