Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

22nd United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1965

Place of Birth: Hinton, West Virginia, United States

Profession: politician, civil servant, academic administrator

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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About Sylvia Mathews Burwell

  • Sylvia Mary Mathews Burwell (born June 23, 1965) is an American government and non-profit executive, who is the 15th president of American University since June 1, 2017.
  • She is the first woman to serve as the university's president.
  • She earlier served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
  • President Barack Obama nominated Burwell on April 11, 2014.
  • Burwell's nomination was confirmed by the Senate on June 5, 2014, by a vote of 78-17.
  • She served as Secretary until the end of the Obama administration.
  • Previously, she had been the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget from 2013 to 2014. A West Virginia native, Burwell first worked for the United States government in Washington, D.C., during the presidency of Bill Clinton.
  • She helped form the National Economic Council in 1993.
  • She later served as Chief of Staff to Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin, Deputy White House Chief of Staff to Erskine Bowles, and finally Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Between her times in government, Burwell served as president of Walmart's charitable foundation focused on ending hunger, beginning in January 2012.
  • She was earlier the president of the Global Development Program of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where her program focused on combating world poverty through agricultural development, financial services for the poor, and global libraries.
  • She was Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director before its reorganization in 2006.
  • She had joined the Gates Foundation in 2001, at the end of the Clinton Presidency.

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