The Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) is an American conservative think tank whose mission is to study, develop, and disseminate ideas that promote colorblind equal opportunity and oppose affirmative action in America.
[1][2][3] The founder and chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity is Linda Chavez, and the president and general counsel is Devon Westhill.
The complaint was settled when the school announced it would no longer consider an applicant's race and/or ethnicity.
[3][7] In 2021, Chavez argued U.S. democracy was threatened both by Donald Trump supporting election deniers and by progressive advocates of transgender rights and critical race theory.
[8] The Center for Equal Opportunity is a member of the advisory board of Project 2025,[9] a collection of conservative and right-wing policy proposals from the Heritage Foundation to reshape the United States federal government and consolidate executive power should the Republican nominee win the 2024 presidential election.