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Cristobal Alex

Nationality:

American
Occupation:

White House Deputy Cabinet Secretary and Special Assistant to the President
Political Party:

Democratic Party
Residence:

Washington, District of Columbia

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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

References

  1. “Cristobal J. Alex.” UVA Miller Center Presidential Administration Tracker. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://millercenter.org/biden-administration-tracker/cristobal-alex.
  2. “Cristobal Alex.” LinkedIn. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.linkedin.com/in/crist%C3%B3bal-alex-968936bb/details/experience/.
  3.  “Alex, Cristobal.” OpenSecrets Employment Timeline. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=82724.
  4. “Sixteen Thirty Fund.” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (Form 990). 2018. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/264486735/201903169349302565/full.
  5. “Cristobal Alex.” LinkedIn. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.linkedin.com/in/crist%C3%B3bal-alex-968936bb/details/experience/.
  6. “Cristobal Alex.” Netroots Nation. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.netrootsnation.org/profile/cristobal-alex/.
  7. “Cristobal Alex.” LinkedIn. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.linkedin.com/in/crist%C3%B3bal-alex-968936bb/details/experience/.
  8. “Cristobal J. Alex.” UVA Miller Center Presidential Administration Tracker. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://millercenter.org/biden-administration-tracker/cristobal-alex.
  9. “Cristobal Alex.” LinkedIn. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.linkedin.com/in/crist%C3%B3bal-alex-968936bb/details/experience/.
  10.  “Alex, Cristobal.” OpenSecrets Employment Timeline. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=82724.
  11. “Sixteen Thirty Fund.” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (Form 990). 2018. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/264486735/201903169349302565/full.
  12. “Cristobal Alex.” LinkedIn. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.linkedin.com/in/crist%C3%B3bal-alex-968936bb/details/experience/.
  13. “Cristobal Alex.” LinkedIn. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.linkedin.com/in/crist%C3%B3bal-alex-968936bb/details/experience/.
  14. “Cristobal Alex.” LinkedIn. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.linkedin.com/in/crist%C3%B3bal-alex-968936bb/details/experience/.
  15. “Cristobal J. Alex.” HuffPost. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.huffpost.com/author/cristobal-joshua-alex.
  16. “Cristobal J. Alex.” HuffPost. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.huffpost.com/author/cristobal-joshua-alex.
  17. “Cristobal Alex.” Netroots Nation. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.netrootsnation.org/profile/cristobal-alex/.
  18. “Cristobal Alex.” LinkedIn. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.linkedin.com/in/crist%C3%B3bal-alex-968936bb/details/experience/.
  19. “Cristobal Alex.” LinkedIn. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.linkedin.com/in/crist%C3%B3bal-alex-968936bb/details/experience/.
  20. “Uplifting Latinos: A Conversation with Cristobal Alex, White House Deputy Cabinet Secretary.” Wilson Center. September 15, 2021. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/uplifting-latinos-conversation-cristobal-alex-white-house-deputy-cabinet-secretary.
  21. Alex, Cristobal J. “Congressional Democrats must hold the line on the DREAM Act.” HuffPost. December 21, 2017. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/congressional-democrats-must-hold-the-line-on-the-dream_b_5a3c1da2e4b0d86c803c7034.
  22. Montoya-Galvez, Camilo. “Trump vs. Biden race to dictate fate of U.S. immigration for years to come.” CBS News. September 28, 2020. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-biden-2020-immigration-policies/.
  23. [1] “Individual contributions.” Federal Election Committee. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=cristobal%20alex.
  24. “Individual contributions.” Federal Election Committee. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=cristobal%20alex.
  25. “Cristobal Alex.” Netroots Nation. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.netrootsnation.org/profile/cristobal-alex/.
  26. [1] “Cristobal Alex.” LinkedIn. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.linkedin.com/in/crist%C3%B3bal-alex-968936bb/details/experience/.
  27. “Cristobal J. Alex.” HuffPost. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.huffpost.com/author/cristobal-joshua-alex.
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