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 Rosario
Marin
Secretary, State and Consumer
Services Agency
Rosario Marin is a compassionate
mother, dedicated public
official and consummate advocate
for the disadvantaged who has
served at the local, state, and
national levels.
Currently, she serves in
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s
cabinet as Secretary of the
State and Consumer Services
Agency where she oversees the
state’s civil rights enforcement,
consumer protection, and the
licensing of 2.4 million
Californians in more than 255
different professions.
The agency also handles
procurement of more than nearly
$9 billion worth of goods and
services, the management and
development of the state’s real
estate, oversight of two state
employee pension funds, the
collection of state taxes, and
programs managing the hiring of
state employees – in addition to
the administration of two state
museums and a state park.
Secretary Marin chairs the
Building Standards Commission,
the Victim’s Compensation and
Government Claims Board, and the
Governor’s Green Action Team.
Her dedication to state service
began under Governor Pete Wilson
as chief of legislative affairs
at the Department of
Developmental Services where she
successfully shepherded the
reform of the system for
Californians with developmental
disabilities. Her work
continued as the Chair of the
State Council on Developmental
Disabilities where she secured
federal funding for the state
program. As an assistant deputy
director of the Department of
Social Services, Ms. Marin was
instrumental in the development
of California’s welfare reform
plan. She also served as deputy
director of the Governor's
Office of Community Relations
where she was the Spanish
spokesperson for the Governor
and his liaison to California’s
growing Latino population.
Appointed by President George W.
Bush and unanimously confirmed
by the U.S. Senate, Ms. Marin
served as the 41st Treasurer of
the United States where she had
oversight of the U.S. Mint and
the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing. She championed the U.S.
Treasury's financial literacy
outreach program focusing
especially on the 10 million
unbanked Americans. Her
signature accomplishment as a
member of the Partnership for
Prosperity efforts between the
U.S. and Mexico was the
significant reduction on the
cost of remittances. In addition,
she served on the White House
Commission on Educational
Excellence for Hispanic
Americans.
As Chairwoman of the California
Integrated Waste Management
Board from 2004 to 2006, Ms.
Marin presided over the
successful attainment of
California’s 50 percent
recycling mandate. She also
served as a member of the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency’s Border 2012 Program,
and was appointed to the Good
Neighbor Environmental Board by
the U.S. Secretary of the
Interior.
In 1995, for her tireless work
on behalf of persons with
developmental disabilities, Ms.
Marin was awarded the Rose
Fitzgerald Kennedy Prize at the
United Nations. She was only the
second person to receive the
honor.
Ms. Marin was first elected to
the Huntington Park City Council
in 1994 and her tough-on-crime
positions were rewarded with her
overwhelming reelection in 1999.
She was later elected president
of the League of California
Cities’ Mayors and Councils
Department, and she served as
vice chair of the League’s
Latino Caucus.
Ms. Marin has held numerous
leadership positions with
nonprofit boards. She is a
former member of the Special
Olympics International Board of
Directors and the National
Association of Latino Elected
Officials. She has also been an
appointed California Film
Commissioner.
Ms. Marin received her Bachelor
of Arts Degree in Business
Administration from California
State University, Los Angeles,
and completed the Program for
Senior Executives in State and
Local Government at Harvard
University's John F. Kennedy
School of Government. For her
contributions, she was awarded
an honorary Doctor of Laws
degree from her alma mater in
2002. A resident of Huntington
Park in Los
Angeles County, California, Ms.
Marin and her husband of 27
years, Alvaro, have three
children, Eric 21, Carmen 18,
and Alex W. 15. |
