Sylvia Baca

{{Short description|American government official}}

{{BLP sources|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox Officeholder

|name = Sylvia Baca

|image = Sylvia_Baca.jpg

|imagesize =

|office = Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management

|president = Barack Obama

|term_start = June 18, 2009

|term_end =

|predecessor =

|successor =

|birth_date =

|birth_place = United States

|party = Democratic

|residence =

|alma_mater = University of New Mexico

|death_date =

|death_place =

|spouse =

|profession =

}}

Sylvia V. Baca is an American government official. She was appointed by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management on June 18, 2009. Baca, a former employee of BP Oil,{{cite web |url=http://www.doi.gov/archive/bio/baca_bio.html |title=U.S. Department of the Interior - Deputy Assistant Secretary Sylvia V. Baca - Bio |accessdate=2010-06-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605031611/http://www.doi.gov/archive/bio/baca_bio.html |archivedate=2010-06-05 }} was the general manager for Social Investment Programs and Strategic Partnerships at BP America, Inc. As part of her duties at the United States Department of the Interior she oversees the Bureau of Land Management and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.

Baca has a master's degree in Public Administration and Finance from the University of New Mexico.