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Sylvia Burwell
Secretary of Health and Human Services · 2013–2014
Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services. The Senate voted 96–0 on the nomination on Apr 24, 2013 (Nomination Confirmed). Sylvia Mary Burwell is an American government and non-profit executive who is president of the Harvard Board of Overseers and was the 15th president of American University from 2017 to 2024. Burwell was the first woman to serve as the university's president.
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Positions
- Director of the Office of Management and Budget2013-04-24–2014-04-11
- Secretary of Health and Human Services2014-06-09–2017-01-20
Senate confirmation votes
- Director of the Office of Management and Budget
113th Congress · Nomination Confirmed96–0 · Apr 24, 2013 - Secretary of Health and Human Services
113th Congress · Nomination Confirmed78–17 · Jun 5, 2014
Biography
Sylvia Mary Burwell is an American government and non-profit executive who is president of the Harvard Board of Overseers and was the 15th president of American University from 2017 to 2024. Burwell was the first woman to serve as the university's president.
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