Nomination of Linda Chavez To Be Staff Director of the Commission on Civil Rights

The President today announced his intention to nominate Linda Chavez to be Staff Director for the Commission on Civil Rights. This position is currently vacant.

Ms. Chavez currently serves as assistant to the president of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C. She also serves as editor of the American Educator. During 1981 she acted as a consultant to ACTION in Washington, D.C. Previously she served as a member of the professional staff of the Civil and Constitutional Rights Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee.

She graduated from the University of Colorado (B.A., 1970). She has done graduate work and taught at the University of California at Los Angeles. She is married, has three children, and resides in Washington, D.C. She was born June 17, 1947, in Albuquerque, N. Mex.