Appointment of Linda Chavez as a Member of the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States

The President today announced his intention to appoint Linda Chavez to be a member of the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States for a term of 3 years. She would succeed Edward C. Schmults.

Ms. Chavez is currently Staff Director for the Commission on Civil Rights. She also serves as assistant to the president, American Federation of Teachers (AFT), AFLCIO, and as editor of American Educator. Previously, she was a consultant for the President's Reorganization Project, Civil Rights Section, Office of Management and Budget (July-September 1977); and was on the professional staff, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Constitutional Rights, U.S.. House of Representatives (1972-1974).

Ms. Chavez graduated from the University of Colorado (B.A., 1970) and attended the University of California at Los Angeles (1970-1972) and the University of Maryland (1974-1975). She is married, has three children, and resides in Bethesda, MD. She was born June 17, 1947, in Albuquerque, NM.