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{{Short description|American civil rights activist}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Janet Murguía
|image = Janet Murguía NCLR President and CEO.jpg
|birth_place = [[Kansas City, Kansas]], U.S. ▼
|death_date =
▲|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|09|06}}
▲|birth_place = Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
|death_place =
|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|relatives = [[Mary H. Murguia]] (twin sister)<br>[[Carlos Murguia]] (brother)
|education =
▲|education = B.S. degree in journalism (1982), a B.A. degree in Spanish (1982), and a J.D. degree (1985), [[Kansas University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://standing-firm.com/2009/04/01/fireside-chat-with-janet-murguia-of-nclr/ |title=Fireside Chat with Janet Murguia of NCLR|date= April 1, 2009 |accessdate=October 13, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130173501/http://standing-firm.com/2009/04/01/fireside-chat-with-janet-murguia-of-nclr/ |archivedate=November 30, 2010 }}</ref>
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'''Janet
▲'''Janet Murguia''' (born September 6, 1960) is a civil rights activist in the United States. She is president of [[UnidosUS]], formerly [[National Council of La Raza]] (NCLR), a Hispanic advocacy organization. Her twin sister [[Mary H. Murguia|Mary]] and elder brother [[Carlos Murguia|Carlos]] are both federal judges.
==National Council of La Raza==
On January 1, 2005, Murguía replaced [[Raul Yzaguirre]] as the president and CEO of the [[National Council of La Raza]] (NCLR), the largest national [[Hispanic]] civil rights advocacy organization in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.texasobserver.org/national-council-of-la-raza-president-janet-murgu%ef%bf%bd%ef%bf%bd_%ef%bf%bd%ef%bf%bd___as-plan-to-take-over-the-texas-capitol/ |title=National Council of La Raza President Janet Murguía's Plan to Take Over the Texas Capitol |last=Casares |first=Cindy |date=5 October 2012 |website=[[The Texas Observer]] |access-date=11 October 2022}}</ref> As President and CEO, Murguía often testifies before Congress about issues affecting the Latino community including education, health care, immigration reform, civil rights and the economy. In her role as a spokesperson for the organization, she is frequently interviewed by various news outlets and has appeared on many news programs.
[[File:Murguiaspelling.jpg|thumb|right|Education Secretary [[Margaret Spellings]] with Janet Murguía on July 18, 2005]]
Murguía currently serves as a board member of the [[Independent Sector]], a coalition of nonprofits, foundations, and corporations, and is an executive committee member of the [[Leadership Conference on Civil Rights]]. She also sits on the board of the [[Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility]] and the [[National Hispanic Leadership Agenda]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/janet-murguia |title=Janet Murguía |website=[[HuffPost]] |access-date=11 October 2022}}</ref> Murguia serves on the
Murguía endorsed Democratic candidate [[Hillary Clinton]] in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.<ref>
==Past positions held==
In 2001, Murguía joined the [[University of Kansas]] (KU) as Executive Vice Chancellor for University Relations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Janet Murguia |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/author/janet-murguia |access-date=5 September 2022 |website=[[PBS]] |language=en}}</ref> Murguía managed
Before joining KU, she served as deputy campaign manager and director of constituency outreach for the [[Al Gore presidential campaign, 2000|Al Gore's presidential campaign]] during the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential election]] where she was the primary liaison between former Vice President Gore and national constituency groups.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2004/feb/09/kansans_success_will/ |title=Kansan's success will take family's story to national level |website=[[Lawrence Journal-World]] |last=Rombeck |first=Terry |date=9 February 2004 |access-date=11 October 2022}}</ref> She also served as a spokesperson for the campaign, working with radio, print, and TV media outlets.
Murguía served seven years as legislative counsel to former Kansas Congressman [[Jim Slattery]] before working at the White House from 1994 to 2000. She eventually served as deputy assistant to President [[Bill Clinton]], providing strategic and legislative advice to the president. She also served as deputy director of legislative affairs where she was in charge of the legislative staff and acted as a senior White House liaison to Congress.<ref>{{cite web |title=Janet Murguía |url=https://www.calstate.edu/impact-of-the-csu/alumni/Honorary-Degrees/Pages/Janet-Murguia.aspx |access-date=10 October 2022 |website=[[California State University]]}}</ref>
== Honors ==
In 2022, Murguía was named as one of ''[[USA Today]]'''s Women of the Year, which recognizes women who have made a significant impact.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 March 2022 |title=Meet USA TODAY's Women of the Year |url=https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/grid/women-of-the-year-2022/ |access-date=5 September 2022 |website=[[USA Today]] |language=en}}</ref>
==References==
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*[http://www.nclr.org/index.php/about_us/leadership/ Biography] from the NCLR
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/30/AR2009113003597.html?wprss=rss_print/washpostmagazine "First Person Singular" interview with Washington Post, December 6, 2009]
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