Anna Escobedo Cabral was nominated on July 27, 2004 by President Bush to serve as the 42nd Treasurer of the United States. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20, and took the oath of office on December 13, 2004.
Immediately prior to joining the Treasury Department, she served as Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Center for Latino Initiatives, where she led a pan-institutional effort to improve Latino representation in exhibits, public programming, and related matters. From 1999 to 2003, Ms. Cabral served as President and CEO of the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility, a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC, which partners with Fortune 500 companies to increase Hispanic representation in employment, procurement, philanthropy and governance. Under her leadership, the organization published a best practices series, and instituted a partnership with Harvard Business School to provide executive training programs in Corporate Governance Best Practices to community leaders.
Prior to joining HACR, Ms. Cabral served as Deputy Staff Director for the United States Senate Judiciary Committee. The Committee’s jurisdiction ranges from oversight of the Department of Justice and our nation’s criminal and drug enforcement laws to approving federal judicial nominations, and it includes review of immigration, antitrust, patents and trademark, and technology-related legislation. In addition, she simultaneously served as Executive Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Republican Conference Task Force on Hispanic Affairs. Ms. Cabral managed this task force of 25 Senators dedicated to ensuring that the concerns and needs of the Hispanic community are addressed by Congress through legislation.
Ms. Cabral majored in Political Science at the University of California, Davis, earned a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and received a law degree from George Mason University.
Anna Escobedo Cabral
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