Sylvia M. Burwell

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Sylvia M. Burwell is an American public administrator and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services who became the first woman to lead American University.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
public administrator
university president
appointedBy Barack Obama
awardReceived Rhodes Scholarship
birthDate 1965-06-23
birthPlace Hinton, West Virginia, United States
boardMemberOf Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (former)
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
degree Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University
Philosophy, Politics and Economics degree from the University of Oxford
educatedAt Harvard University
University of Oxford NERFINISHED
employer American University
United States federal government
familyName Burwell
fieldOfWork higher education administration
public health policy
givenName Sylvia
hasWorkedFor Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Office of Management and Budget
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party (United States)
name Sylvia M. Burwell
notableAchievement first woman to serve as President of American University
notableFor being the first woman to lead American University
notableWork leadership of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during implementation of the Affordable Care Act
occupation government official
public administrator
university president
officeEndTime 2017-01-20
officeEndTime (Director of OMB) 2014-06-09
officeStartTime 2014-06-09
officeStartTime (Director of OMB) 2013-04-24
positionHeld Director of the Office of Management and Budget
President of American University
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
precededBy Kathleen Sebelius
residence Washington, D.C., United States
sexOrGender female
startTime (President of American University) 2017-06-01
succeededBy Tom Price
workedOn implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
King v. Burwell ("Sylvia Mathews Burwell")
defendant
Burwell ("Sylvia Mathews Burwell")
hasNotableBearer
Sylvia M. Burwell
name
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. ("Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services")
petitioner
American University
president
Kathleen Sebelius ("Sylvia Mathews Burwell")
successor

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