President Obama Nominates Aponte for Ambassador to El Salvador

On December 9 President Barack Obama nominated Mari Carmen Aponte to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador.

On December 9 President Barack Obama nominated Mari Carmen Aponte to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador.  Aponte is one of the most accomplished Hispanics in America today.  She began her public service career as a White House Fellow in 1979 as a special assistant to HUD Secretary Moon Landrieu.  Aponte served as Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Federal Affairs Administration from 2001-2004.  She is currently an independent consultant, serves on the Boards of the University of the District of Columbia and Rosemont College, as a member of District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Commission, and in 2005 was elected to the Board of the Oriental Financial Group.

Aponte has served on the Board of Directors of the National Council of La Raza, the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, and as President of the Hispanic National Bar Association and the Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia.  She holds a B.A. in Political Science from Rosemont College, a M.A. from Villanova, and a Juris Doctorate from Temple University.

USHLI commends the President on this nomination and calls on the Senate to confirm her nomination promptly.