Below is a list organized by policy cluster then by department listing current Latino appointees -- that we know of -- based on information gathered from the 2012 Plum Book, the White House's 2013 Report to Congress on Staff and Salaries, and NHLA's research.

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WHITE HOUSE

1. James Albino, Senior Program Manager, Office of AIDS Policy 
2. Rita Aguilar, Senior Confirmations Advisor 
3. Elias Alcantara, Staff Assistant, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs 
4. Angela Barranco, Associate Director for Public Engagement, White House Council on Environmental Quality 5. Teresa Chaurand, Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel 
6. Felicia Escobar, Senior Policy Director for Immigration, Domestic Policy Council 
7. Victoria Espinel, White House Office of Management and Budget, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator 
8. Andrea Flores, Policy Assistant Detailee, Domestic Policy Council 
9. Raquel Gonzalez, Office of Presidential Personnel
10. Luis Jimenez, Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs 
11. Alexa Kissinger, Special Assistant, Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs
12. Rafael Lemaitre, Associate Director for Public Affairs, Office of National Drug Control Policy 
13. Miguel L'Heureux, Office of Presidential Personnel
14. Carlos Monje, Domestic Policy Counsel 
15. Colonel Ricardo Morales, Director of Joining Forces initiative 
16. Cecilia Muñoz, Domestic Policy Council Director 
17. Jorge Neri, Associate Director of Public Engagement
18. Alejandro Perez, Special Assistant to the President, Legislative Affairs
19. Antoinette Rangel, Deputy Director of Hispanic Media
20. Miguel Rodriguez, Assistant to the President and Director of Legislative Affairs 
21. Roberto Rodriguez, Special Assistant to the President for Education Policy 
22. Julie Chavez-Rodriguez, Associate Director, Office of Public Engagement 
23. Ria Ruiz, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Affairs 
24. Adrian Saenz, Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
25. Jenny Urizar, National Security Council 
26. Katherine Vargas, Director of Hispanic Media 
27. Kate Villarreal, Press Assistant, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
28. Victoria Woodbury, Outreach and Recruitment Staff, Office of Presidential Personnel

Office of the First Lady:
1. Leah Katz-Hernandez, Press Assistant
2. Maria Cristina Gonzalez Noguera, Communications Director

DOMESTIC POLICY

Education:
1. Rosalinda Barrera, Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director, Office of English Language Acquisition 
2. Frankie A. Blanco Martinez, Deputy Director of Advance 
3. Alejandra Ceja, Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics
4. Marco Davis, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics 
5. Maribel Duran, Executive Assistant, Office of the Secretary of Education 
6. Gabriella "Gaby" Gomez, Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Congressional Affairs 
7. Laura Jimenez, Special Assistant, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 
8. Eduardo Ochoa, Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education 
9. Margaret Olmos, Deputy White House Liaison 
10. Margarita Rivas, Confidential Assistant, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 
11. Alexander Sanchez, Confidential Assistant, Office of the Under Secretary 
12. Joanne Urrutia, Deputy Director, Office of English Language Acquisition 
13. Eric Waldo, Deputy Chief of Staff 

General Services Administration:
1. Betsalda Alcantara, Communications Director
2. Reginald Cardozo, White House Liaison

Health and Human Services:
1. Mayra Alvarez, Director of Public Health Policy in the Office of Health Reform
2. Miriam Calderon, Senior Policy Advisor - Early Learning, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Learning and Development, Administration for Children and Families
3. Fatima Cuevas, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation  Office of Congressional Liaison
4. Jim Esquea, Assistant Secretary for Legislation
5. Mariestella Fischer, Special Assistant, Administration for Children and Families
6. Jesus Garcia, Special Assistant, Office of Public Affairs
7. Teresa Niño, Director, Office of External Affairs (OEA), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
8. Liliana Ranon, Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Intergovernmental & External Affairs
9. Yvette Sanchez-Fuentes, Director of The Office of Head Start

Housing and Urban Development:
1. Ana Marie Argilagos, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Philanthropic Affairs
2. Alejandro Aviles, Congressional Relations Specialist
3. Julian Castro, Secretary
4. George Gonzalez, Deputy Press Secretary 
5. Erica Jacquez, Intergovernmental and public engagement liaison

Labor:
1. Thomas Perez, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor
2. Ernesto Archila, Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary 
3. Elmy Bermejo, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
4. Laura de la Torre, Senior Legislative Officer, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
5. Brittany Diegel, Legislative Assistant, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
6. Irasema Garza, Senior Counsel to the Secretary 
7. Jose Garza, Policy Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy
8. Dusti Gurule, Secretary's Representative (Denver, CO), Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
9. Xochitl Hinojosa, Press Secretary
10. Xavier Hughes, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary, Office of the Secretary
11. Adriano Llosa, Special Assistant, Office of Public Affairs
12. Kathleen Martinez, Assistant Secretary, Office of Disability Employment Policy
13. Tony Martinez, Chief of Staff, Wage and Hour Division 
14. Joe McNearney, Special Assistant, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation
15. Tania Mejia, Special Assistant, Wage and Hour Division
16. Sonia Melendez, Director of Strategic Communications
17. Claudia Montelongo, Special Assistant, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
18. M. Lucero Ortiz, Chief of Staff, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
19. Natalie Palugyia, Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary, Office of the Secretary
20. Emilia Pablo-Montano, Speechwriter
21. Soledad Roybal, Scheduler and Special Assistant to Secretary of Labor
22. Roberto Soberanis, Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary
23. Carmen Torres, Legislative Officer, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
24. Sandra Vega, Chief of Staff, Women's Bureau 
25. Tony Zaffirini, Senior Legislative Officer, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs

Office of Personnel Management:
1. Katherine Archuleta, Office of Personnel Management Director 
2. Nathaly Arriola, Deputy Director and Press Secretary, Office of Communications
2. Sergio Gonzales, Deputy Chief of Staff
3. Loida Tapia, Director of Scheduling and Advance
4. Mauro Morales, Policy Counsel

ECONOMIC POLICY

Commerce:
1. Al Betancourt, Press Secretary, Minority Business Development Agency
2. Alejandra Y. Castillo, National Director, Minority Business Development Agency
2. Angela Manso, Chief, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
3. William Ramos, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs - Office of the Secretary
4. Stephanie Valencia Ramirez, Deputy Chief of Staff

Small Business Administration:
1. Miguel Ayala, Communications
2. Brian Castro, National Ombudsman
3. Maria Contreras-Sweet, Administrator
4. Isabella Guzman, Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary
5. Javier Saade, Associate Administrator for the Office of Investment and Innovation
6. Jordan Valdes, Senior Advisor, Office of International Trade

Treasury:
1. Andrea Ambriz, Office of Domestic Finance 
2. Lisa Peña, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Appropriations and Management, Legislative Affairs
3. Rosie Rios, Treasurer of the United States

ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & SCIENCES

Agriculture:
1. Anne Alonzo, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service
2. Edward Avalos, Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
3. Sylvia Bolivar, Chief of Staff, Rural Development Agency
4. Judith "Judy" Canales, State Executive Director, USDA Texas Farm Service Agency
5. Nita Contreras, Confidential Assistant, Office of the Deputy Secretary
6. Elvis Cordova, Chief of Staff, Research, Education and Economics
7. Juan Garcia, Agriculture Farm Service Agency, State Executive Director/Texas
8. Oscar Gonzales, Deputy Chief of Staff
9. Michael Martinez, Special Assistant
10. John Padalino, Special Assistant, Office of the Administrator
11. Frederick W. "Fred" Pfaeffle, Senior Counselor, Office of the General Counsel
12. Ramona Romero, General Counsel, Office of Administration
13. Tammye Treviño, Administrator for Housing and Community Facilities Programs, Rural Development Agency
14. Victor Vasquez, Deputy Under Secretary, Rural Development

Energy:
1. Esther Morales, Intergovernmental Affairs Advisor
2. Lorenzo Olvera, Deputy White House Liaison
3. Derrick Ramos, National Nuclear Security Administration Office of External Affairs
4. Ines Triay, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management

Environmental Protection Agency:
1. Lisa Garcia, Associate Assistant Administrator and Senior Advisor to the Administrator for Environmental Justice

Interior:
1. Steven Avila, Special Assistant, Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs2. Francisco Carrillo, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs 
3. Michael L. Conner, Nominee for Deputy Secretary of the Department of Interior 
4. Laura Marquez, White House Liaison 
5. Joan Padilla, Special Assistant/Director, Scheduling and Advance
6. Jorge Silva-Banuelos, Special Assistant, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks
7. Carlos Uriarte, Senior Counsel, Office of the Secretary

National Science Foundation 
1. Dr. France Anne Cordova, NSF Director

Transportation:
1. Victor Mendez, Federal Highway Administrator
2. Sylvia Garcia, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs, Department of Transportation 
3. Francisco Reinoso, Associate Director for IT Strategy and Technology Solutions, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary
4. Yvette Rivera, Acting Associate Director, Departmental Office of Civil Rights, Equal Employment Opportunity Programs Division

NATIONAL SECURITY

Defense:
1. Jose Mayorga, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense - HD Strategy, Force Planning & Mission Assurance

Homeland Security:
1. Rafael Borras, Under Secretary for Management
2. Marsha Catron, Deputy Press Secretary
3. Danielle Decker, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs 
4. Barbara Gonzalez, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Press Secretary
5. Alfonso Lopez, Legislative Affairs Specialist
6. Alejandro Mayorkas, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Former US Citizenship & Immigration Services Director
7. Elisa Montoya, Executive Secretariat 
8. Esther Olavarria, Senior Advisor
9. Edna Ruano, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
10. Nate Snyder, Liaison for Community Partnership and Strategic Engagement
11. Marina Torres, Counsel, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Navy:
Juan Garcia, Assistant Secretary

Selective Service:
Lawrence (Larry) Romo, Director

State:
1. Mari Carmen Aponte, U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador
2. Luis CdeBaca, Ambassador At-Large for Human Trafficking
3. Carmen Lomellin, Ambassador to the OAS
4. Oliva Lopez, Office of Global Food Security, External Engagement 
5. Luis G. Moreno – Ambassador to Jamaica 
6. Julissa Reynoso, Ambassador to Uruguay
7. Daniel Sepulveda, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy 
8. Stephen N. Zack– Alternate Representative of the United States to the Sixty-eighth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, United States Mission to the United Nations

U.S. Agency for International Development:
1. Ginny Barahona, Senior Advisor, Legislative and Public Affairs
2. Farrah Barrios, Senior Budget Advisor 
3. Mileydi Guilarte, Special Assistant, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance
4. Linda Stela Manus, Special Assistant to the White House Liaison

U.S. Trade Representative:
1. Carlos Romero, Assistant USTR for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement

Veterans Affairs:
1. Raul Perea-Henze, Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

Corporation for Public Broadcasting
David J. Arroyo, Board of Directors  

Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities
Jennifer Rodriguez, Member

Federal Trade Commission
Edith Ramirez, Chair

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
John Huerta, Member, Advisory Committee on the Arts for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Walter F. Ulloa, General Trustee, Board of Trustees

President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans, Department of the Treasury
Anna Maria Chavez, Member
Jose Cisneros, Member

Presidential Commission on Election Administration and President's Export Council
Joe Echevarria, Commission Member

President's Committee on Fitness, Sports, & Nutrition
Anthony Robles, Member

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights:
Martin R. Castro, Chair 
Marlene Sallo, Staff Director
Juana Silverio, Special Assistant to the Chairman

World War I Centennial Commission
Alfred Valenzuela, Member

United States-Mexico Border Health Commission
Horacio Rodiles, Member