Sylvia Mathews Burwell
former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
Sylvia Mathews Burwell was born June 23, 1965 and served as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2014 to 2017. Previously she was the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget from 2013 to 2014.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell | |
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15th President of American University | |
Assumed office June 1, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Cornelius M. Kerwin |
22nd United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | |
In office June 9, 2014 – January 20, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Deputy | Bill Corr Mary Wakefield (Acting) |
Preceded by | Kathleen Sebelius |
Succeeded by | Tom Price |
Director of the Office of Management and Budget | |
In office April 24, 2013 – June 9, 2014 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Deputy | Brian Deese |
Preceded by | Jeffrey Zients (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Brian Deese (Acting) |
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy | |
In office January 20, 1997 – October 21, 1998 | |
President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Harold Ickes |
Succeeded by | Maria Echaveste |
Personal details | |
Born | Sylvia Mary Mathews June 23, 1965 Hinton, West Virginia, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Stephen Burwell |
Children | 2 |
Education | Harvard University (BA) Worcester College, Oxford (BA) |
She was nominated by President Barack Obama on April 11, 2014, to the position of the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services after Kathleen Sebelius resigned. Burwell's nomination was confirmed by the Senate on June 5, 2014 by a vote of 78-17.[1][2]
References
change- ↑ Budget Chief Is Choice as New Health Secretary
- ↑ Memmott, Mark. "'I Knew It Wouldn't Be Easy,' Outgoing Health Secretary Sebelius Says : The Two-Way". NPR. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
Other websites
change- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Archived 2013-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Health & Science Archived 2003-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Walmart Foundation Archived 2012-08-15 at the Wayback Machine