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==Career==
==Career==
Trasviña is a native of San Francisco, where he attended [[Lowell High School (San Francisco)|Lowell High School]]; he then received degrees from [[Harvard University]] and [[Stanford Law School]].<ref>Heather Knight, [http://articles.sfgate.com/2009-07-05/bay-area/17217744_1_housing-discrimination-complaints-fair-housing-housing-and-equal-opportunity "Three Questions for John Trasvina], ''[[SFGate.com]]'', July 5, 2009.</ref><ref name="defend">{{cite web |url= http://www.committeetodefend.org/Conveners/JohnTrasvina.html |title= Trasvina Biography|accessdate=2008-04-01 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=The Committee to Defend}}</ref> He has focused his work at the local and federal levels on [[civil rights]], [[voting rights]], [[immigration policy]], [[worker rights]] and education.<ref name="defend" />
Trasviña is a native of San Francisco, where he attended [[Lowell High School (San Francisco)|Lowell High School]]; he then received degrees from [[Harvard University]] and [[Stanford Law School]].<ref>Heather Knight, [http://articles.sfgate.com/2009-07-05/bay-area/17217744_1_housing-discrimination-complaints-fair-housing-housing-and-equal-opportunity "Three Questions for John Trasvina], ''[[SFGate.com]]'', July 5, 2009.</ref><ref name="defend">{{cite web|url=http://www.committeetodefend.org/Conveners/JohnTrasvina.html|title=Trasvina Biography|accessdate=2008-04-01|last=|first=|coauthors=|date=|work=|publisher=The Committee to Defend}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He has focused his work at the local and federal levels on [[civil rights]], [[voting rights]], [[immigration policy]], [[worker rights]] and education.<ref name="defend" />


After graduating from Stanford Law School, Trasviña began his career as a Deputy City Attorney in [[San Francisco]] from 1983 to 1985, and then went to MALDEF in Washington D.C. from 1985 to 1987 as a legislative counsel.<ref name="ICAS" /> From there he moved to [[Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.|Capitol Hill]] to work for [[Paul Simon (politician)|Paul Simon]] in 1987 first as counsel and then in 1993 as General Counsel & Staff Director for the [[United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights]].<ref name="defend" />
After graduating from Stanford Law School, Trasviña began his career as a Deputy City Attorney in [[San Francisco]] from 1983 to 1985, and then went to MALDEF in Washington D.C. from 1985 to 1987 as a legislative counsel.<ref name="ICAS" /> From there he moved to [[Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.|Capitol Hill]] to work for [[Paul Simon (politician)|Paul Simon]] in 1987 first as counsel and then in 1993 as General Counsel & Staff Director for the [[United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights]].<ref name="defend" />
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During the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton Administration]] he was appointed to be [[Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices|Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices]] at the [[U.S. Department of Justice]] in 1997.<ref name="ICAS">{{cite web |url= http://www.icasinc.org/%5Cbios%5Ctrasvina.html |title= Biography |accessdate=2008-04-01 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Institute for Corean-American Studies}}</ref> He also served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice.<ref name="ICAS" />
During the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton Administration]] he was appointed to be [[Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices|Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices]] at the [[U.S. Department of Justice]] in 1997.<ref name="ICAS">{{cite web |url= http://www.icasinc.org/%5Cbios%5Ctrasvina.html |title= Biography |accessdate=2008-04-01 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Institute for Corean-American Studies}}</ref> He also served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice.<ref name="ICAS" />


After leaving DOJ in 2001 he was the Director of the Discrimination Research Center in Berkeley and taught at Stanford Law School.<ref name="DRC">{{cite web |url= http://www.impactfund.org/pages/drc.htm |title= Discrimination Research Center|accessdate=2008-04-01 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Impact Fund |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071028101954/http://www.impactfund.org/pages/drc.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-10-28}}</ref> He returned to MALDEF, and took the position of President and General Counsel in November 2006.<ref name="SanAntonio">{{cite news | first= | last= | url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA072907.04B.MALDEF_QA.33e81e6.html | title=MALDEF chief comes to S.A. | publisher=[[San Antonio Express-News]] | date=2007-07-28}}</ref><ref>[http://www.maldef.org/news/releases/statement_032709/ "MALDEF President and General Counsel Tapped to Serve as Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Assistant Secretary"], MALDEF press release, March 27, 2009.</ref>
After leaving DOJ in 2001 he was the Director of the Discrimination Research Center in Berkeley and taught at Stanford Law School.<ref name="DRC">{{cite web |url= http://www.impactfund.org/pages/drc.htm |title= Discrimination Research Center|accessdate=2008-04-01 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Impact Fund |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071028101954/http://www.impactfund.org/pages/drc.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-10-28}}</ref> He returned to MALDEF, and took the position of President and General Counsel in November 2006.<ref name="SanAntonio">{{cite news| first=| last=| url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA072907.04B.MALDEF_QA.33e81e6.html| title=MALDEF chief comes to S.A.| publisher=[[San Antonio Express-News]]| date=2007-07-28}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[http://www.maldef.org/news/releases/statement_032709/ "MALDEF President and General Counsel Tapped to Serve as Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Assistant Secretary"], MALDEF press release, March 27, 2009.</ref>


On March 26, 2009, Trasviña was announced as [[Barack Obama|President Obama]]'s nominee to be Assistant Secretary of the [[Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity]] in the [[U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development]].<ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Announces-More-Key-Administration-Posts-3-27-09/ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts"], White House press release, March 26, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.impre.com/laopinion/noticias/estados-unidos/2009/3/28/mas-latinos-en-altos-cargos-de-116616-1.html "Más latinos en altos cargos de gobierno"], ''[[La Opinión]]'', March 28, 2009.</ref><ref>Philip Rucker, [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/03/27/obama_taps_mabus_for_navy_secr.html?wprss=44 "Obama Taps Mabus for Navy Secretary"], Washingtonpost.com, March 27, 2009.</ref> His nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 1, 2009.<ref>[[Congressional Record]], Vol. 155, [http://frwebgate4.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/PDFgate.cgi?WAISdocID=57448463236+2+2+0&WAISaction=retrieve p. S5042]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (May 1, 2009).</ref>
On March 26, 2009, Trasviña was announced as [[Barack Obama|President Obama]]'s nominee to be Assistant Secretary of the [[Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity]] in the [[U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development]].<ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Announces-More-Key-Administration-Posts-3-27-09/ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330173246/http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Announces-More-Key-Administration-Posts-3-27-09/ |date=2009-03-30 }}, White House press release, March 26, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.impre.com/laopinion/noticias/estados-unidos/2009/3/28/mas-latinos-en-altos-cargos-de-116616-1.html "Más latinos en altos cargos de gobierno"], ''[[La Opinión]]'', March 28, 2009.</ref><ref>Philip Rucker, [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/03/27/obama_taps_mabus_for_navy_secr.html?wprss=44 "Obama Taps Mabus for Navy Secretary"], Washingtonpost.com, March 27, 2009.</ref> His nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 1, 2009.<ref>[[Congressional Record]], Vol. 155, [http://frwebgate4.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/PDFgate.cgi?WAISdocID=57448463236+2+2+0&WAISaction=retrieve p. S5042]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (May 1, 2009).</ref>


In May 2013, Trasviña was named the dean of the [[University of San Francisco School of Law]], effective June 17, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usfca.edu/law/news/trasvina_named_dean/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-05-06 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506035917/http://www.usfca.edu/law/news/trasvina_named_dean/ |archivedate=2013-05-06 |df= }}</ref><ref>Karen Sloan, [http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202600079955&University_of_San_Francisco_Finds_Next_Law_Dean_at_HUD&slreturn=20130611114351 "University of San Francisco Finds Next Law Dean at HUD"], ''[[The National Law Journal]]'', May 14, 2013.</ref>
In May 2013, Trasviña was named the dean of the [[University of San Francisco School of Law]], effective June 17, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usfca.edu/law/news/trasvina_named_dean/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-05-06 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506035917/http://www.usfca.edu/law/news/trasvina_named_dean/ |archivedate=2013-05-06 |df= }}</ref><ref>Karen Sloan, [http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202600079955&University_of_San_Francisco_Finds_Next_Law_Dean_at_HUD&slreturn=20130611114351 "University of San Francisco Finds Next Law Dean at HUD"], ''[[The National Law Journal]]'', May 14, 2013.</ref>


==Community involvement==
==Community involvement==
Trasviña has been a member of the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors|San Francisco Elections Commission]], president of the [[Harvard Club]] of San Francisco. He has served on the boards of the [[La Raza Lawyers Association]], [[Coro (non-profit organization)|CORO of Northern California]], the [[Lowell High School (San Francisco)|Lowell High School]] Alumni Association (elected President in January 2016), the [[League of Women Voters]] and the Pacific Coast Immigration Museum, [[Latino Issues Forum]], Campaign for College Opportunity and the Harvard Club of Southern California.<ref name="campaign">{{cite web |url= http://www.collegecampaign.org/about-us/board-of-directors/trasvina.html |title= Trasvina Biography|accessdate=2008-04-01 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=COllege Campaign}}</ref>
Trasviña has been a member of the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors|San Francisco Elections Commission]], president of the [[Harvard Club]] of San Francisco. He has served on the boards of the [[La Raza Lawyers Association]], [[Coro (non-profit organization)|CORO of Northern California]], the [[Lowell High School (San Francisco)|Lowell High School]] Alumni Association (elected President in January 2016), the [[League of Women Voters]] and the Pacific Coast Immigration Museum, [[Latino Issues Forum]], Campaign for College Opportunity and the Harvard Club of Southern California.<ref name="campaign">{{cite web|url=http://www.collegecampaign.org/about-us/board-of-directors/trasvina.html|title=Trasvina Biography|accessdate=2008-04-01|last=|first=|coauthors=|date=|work=|publisher=COllege Campaign|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827204502/http://www.collegecampaign.org/about-us/board-of-directors/trasvina.html|archivedate=2008-08-27|df=}}</ref>


He has also been an officer with the D.C. Hispanic Bar Association, the [[Hispanic National Bar Association]] the Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership, and the D.C. Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs.<ref name="ICAS" />
He has also been an officer with the D.C. Hispanic Bar Association, the [[Hispanic National Bar Association]] the Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership, and the D.C. Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs.<ref name="ICAS" />
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.usfca.edu/law/faculty/john_trasvina/ John Trasviña biography] at [[University of San Francisco School of Law]] website
* [http://www.usfca.edu/law/faculty/john_trasvina/ John Trasviña biography] at [[University of San Francisco School of Law]] website
* [http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120402122117/http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=%2Fprogram_offices%2Ffair_housing_equal_opp Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity]
* [http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/online-complaint File a Housing Discrimination Complaint]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005022332/http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=%2Fprogram_offices%2Ffair_housing_equal_opp%2Fonline-complaint File a Housing Discrimination Complaint]
*{{cite web |url= http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=2798&wit_id=6514 |title= Testimony of John Trasviña, Prevention of Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation in Federal Elections: S. 453 |accessdate=2008-04-01 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= 2007-06-07 |work= |publisher= United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080327052836/http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=2798&wit_id=6514 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-03-27}}
*{{cite web |url= http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=2798&wit_id=6514 |title= Testimony of John Trasviña, Prevention of Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation in Federal Elections: S. 453 |accessdate=2008-04-01 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= 2007-06-07 |work= |publisher= United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080327052836/http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=2798&wit_id=6514 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-03-27}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090508060434/http://www.hud.gov/news/release.cfm?content=pr09-046.cfm "Kanovsky, Kovar And Trasviña Sworn In As HUD Assistant Secretaries"], [[HUD (housing)|HUD]] news release, May 5, 2009.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090508060434/http://www.hud.gov/news/release.cfm?content=pr09-046.cfm "Kanovsky, Kovar And Trasviña Sworn In As HUD Assistant Secretaries"], [[HUD (housing)|HUD]] news release, May 5, 2009.

Revision as of 13:02, 27 November 2017

John D. Trasviña
Born
San Francisco, California
Alma materHarvard University
Stanford Law School
Occupation(s)Attorney
Dean of the University of San Francisco School of Law

John David Trasviña is the dean of the University of San Francisco School of Law. Previously, he was Assistant Secretary of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), and Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices at the U.S. Department of Justice.[1][2][3]

Career

Trasviña is a native of San Francisco, where he attended Lowell High School; he then received degrees from Harvard University and Stanford Law School.[4][5] He has focused his work at the local and federal levels on civil rights, voting rights, immigration policy, worker rights and education.[5]

After graduating from Stanford Law School, Trasviña began his career as a Deputy City Attorney in San Francisco from 1983 to 1985, and then went to MALDEF in Washington D.C. from 1985 to 1987 as a legislative counsel.[6] From there he moved to Capitol Hill to work for Paul Simon in 1987 first as counsel and then in 1993 as General Counsel & Staff Director for the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights.[5]

During the Clinton Administration he was appointed to be Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices at the U.S. Department of Justice in 1997.[6] He also served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice.[6]

After leaving DOJ in 2001 he was the Director of the Discrimination Research Center in Berkeley and taught at Stanford Law School.[7] He returned to MALDEF, and took the position of President and General Counsel in November 2006.[8][9]

On March 26, 2009, Trasviña was announced as President Obama's nominee to be Assistant Secretary of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.[10][11][12] His nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 1, 2009.[13]

In May 2013, Trasviña was named the dean of the University of San Francisco School of Law, effective June 17, 2013.[14][15]

Community involvement

Trasviña has been a member of the San Francisco Elections Commission, president of the Harvard Club of San Francisco. He has served on the boards of the La Raza Lawyers Association, CORO of Northern California, the Lowell High School Alumni Association (elected President in January 2016), the League of Women Voters and the Pacific Coast Immigration Museum, Latino Issues Forum, Campaign for College Opportunity and the Harvard Club of Southern California.[16]

He has also been an officer with the D.C. Hispanic Bar Association, the Hispanic National Bar Association the Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership, and the D.C. Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs.[6]

He has been called one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the United States by Hispanic Business magazine. In 2000, he was honored with the MALDEF Award for Excellence in the Legal Profession and the Distinguished Service Award by the Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership.[6]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2016) 'John D. Trasvi'. http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/Assistant-Secretary
  2. ^ Boucher, J D (2010) 'John D. Trasviña Biographic Sketch'. http://www.icasinc.org/bios/trasvina.html
  3. ^ Kamimura-Jiménez, M (2008) 'Conference Speakers'. http://www.fullerton.edu/immigrationconference/speakers.htm
  4. ^ Heather Knight, "Three Questions for John Trasvina, SFGate.com, July 5, 2009.
  5. ^ a b c "Trasvina Biography". The Committee to Defend. Retrieved 2008-04-01. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ a b c d e "Biography". Institute for Corean-American Studies. Retrieved 2008-04-01. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ "Discrimination Research Center". Impact Fund. Archived from the original on 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2008-04-01. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ "MALDEF chief comes to S.A." San Antonio Express-News. 2007-07-28.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "MALDEF President and General Counsel Tapped to Serve as Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Assistant Secretary", MALDEF press release, March 27, 2009.
  10. ^ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts" Archived 2009-03-30 at the Wayback Machine, White House press release, March 26, 2009.
  11. ^ "Más latinos en altos cargos de gobierno", La Opinión, March 28, 2009.
  12. ^ Philip Rucker, "Obama Taps Mabus for Navy Secretary", Washingtonpost.com, March 27, 2009.
  13. ^ Congressional Record, Vol. 155, p. S5042[permanent dead link] (May 1, 2009).
  14. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2013-05-06. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ Karen Sloan, "University of San Francisco Finds Next Law Dean at HUD", The National Law Journal, May 14, 2013.
  16. ^ "Trasvina Biography". COllege Campaign. Archived from the original on 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-04-01. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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