RNC hires Hispanic to do outreach

RNC hires Hispanic outreach aide
Politico, June 11, 2009

RNC Chairman Michael Steele faced criticism from Hispanic Republicans, as I wrote last month, in part because the committee hadn't hired a senior Hispanic operative to work on turning around that key constituency.

The Party has now filled the job, an RNC source said, with Manny Rosales, who a former assistant administrator of the Small Business Administration under President George W. Bush who was most recently the director of the Washington office of The Latino Coalition, a right-leaning pro-business Hispanic group. Rosales was born in Nicaragua and had been chairman of the California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce while in the private sector.

“I am extremely pleased to announce that Manny Rosales is joining my staff as the new Deputy Director of Coalitions. Manny’s experience in the Hispanic community and his work with small business leaders, veterans and the Catholic community will be exceptionally valuable as the RNC works to communicate our party’s principles and expand the Republican Party to more Americans,” said Chairman Steele in a prepared statement.