Cristobal Alex is a Democratic Party operative who is the Biden administration’s White House Deputy Cabinet Secretary and a Special Assistant to the President as of November 2021. ^{[1] [2]} Prior to joining the Biden Administration, Alex worked as a member of the Biden-Harris Transition Team and as a senior advisor to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign from 2019 to 2020. ^[3]

Alex was the director of the liberal Sixteen Thirty Fund until February 2019, ^[4] was the founding president of the left-of-center Latino Victory Project and its affiliated Latino Victory Fund,  and worked as a program officer at the Open Society Foundations, which was created and is principally funded by left-wing billionaire George Soros. ^[5]

He is an at-large member of the Democratic National Committee ^[6] and has been a board member of left-of-center groups such as the Environmental Defense Action Fund, Every Voice, Working America Education Fund, and the League of Conservation Voters. ^[7]

Career

Cristobal J. Alex is a Democratic Party operative who is the Biden Administration’s White House Deputy Cabinet Secretary and a Special Assistant to the President ^[8] as of November 2021. ^[9] Prior to joining the Biden Administration, Alex worked as a member of the Biden-Harris Transition Team and as a senior advisor to the Joe Biden presidential campaign from 2019 to 2020. ^[10]

Alex was the director of the liberal Sixteen Thirty Fund until he resigned in February 2019 prior to joining the Biden campaign. ^[11]

In 2014, Alex founded the left-of-center Latino Victory Project and remained in this role until he joined the Biden for President Campaign in March of 2019. ^[12] From June 2016 until November 2016, he was deputy director of voter outreach and mobilization for the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. ^[13]

He has also worked as a program officer at Open Society Foundations, which is the principal philanthropic vehicle for left-wing billionaire George Soros, from 2009 to 2011. He then worked in the same role at the left-of-center Ford Foundation from 2011 to 2014, ^[14] where he managed over $60 million in total investments. ^[15] He was also a contributor at the left-of-center HuffPost. ^[16]

Alex is an at-large member of the Democratic National Committee ^[17] and has been a board member of left-of-center groups such as the Environmental Defense Action Fund, Every Voice, Working America Education Fund, the League of Conservation Voters, ^[18] and the National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights. ^[19]

Political Positions

In an interview with the Wilson Center, Alex acknowledged that President Joe Biden is “making equity a priority.” ^[20] He supports amnesty for the so-called “DREAMers,” illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children, ^[21] and called the Trump administration’s immigration policies “horrific.” ^[22]

Political Contributions

Cristobal Alex has made numerous contributions to political campaigns and funds since 2016, including to 2020 Joe Biden presidential campaign and victory fund, the left-of-center pass-through ActBlue, and $10,000 to the left-of-center Latino Victory Fund. ^[23] He has also supported Onward Together Committee, Swing Left, Obama for America, PowerPac+, Hillary for America, People First Future, and the Democratic National Committee; the successful campaigns of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY); and the unsuccessful Congressional campaigns of Jose Javier Rodriguez (D-FL), Emilio Huerta (D-CA), Sam Jammal (D-CA), and others. ^[24]

Personal Information

Cristobal J. Alex was born in El Paso, Texas, and resides in Washington, D.C. ^[25] He received a J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law in 2001, ^[26] where he served as the student body president. ^[27]