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'''Janet MurguiaMurguía''' (born September 6, 1960) is aan American [[Civil and political rights|civil rights]] activist in the United States. She is president of [[UnidosUS]], formerly [[National Council of La Raza]] (NCLR), a Hispanic advocacy organization.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Janet Murguía |url=https://nul.org/basic-page/janet-murguia-0 |access-date=10 October 2022 |website=[[National Urban League]] |language=en}}</ref> Her twin sister [[Mary H. Murguia|Mary]] and elder brother [[Carlos Murguia|Carlos]] are both federal judges.

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.

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 Advisoryadvisory Boardboard of the [[National Hispanic University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/henry-cisneros-to-head-advisory-board-for-the-national-hispanic-university-179325151.html |title=Henry Cisneros to Head Advisory Board for The National Hispanic University |website=[[PR Newswire]] |date=14 November 2012 |access-date=11 October 2022}}</ref>

Murguía endorsed Democratic candidate [[Hillary Clinton]] in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.<ref>Bernal,{{cite R.web [http|url=https://thehill.com/latino/301674-top-latino-group-picks-clinton-for-first-ever-endorsement/ |title=Top Latino group picks Clinton for first-ever endorsement |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] October|last=Bernal |first=Rafael |date=18, October 2016. |access-date=11 October 2022}}</ref>

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 KU’sKU's strategic planning and marketing efforts on four campuses.

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>

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