The Honorable Donna E. Shalala,
Ph.D.
Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Since 1993, Secretary Shalala has led the Department's efforts to
reform the Nation's welfare system and improve health care while
containing health costs. Under her direction, the Department
has reduced the number of welfare recipients, guided the approval
of the children's Health Insurance Plan, raised child immunization
rates to the highest levels in history, led the fight against
youth use of tobacco, and crusaded for better access and better
medication to treat AIDS. For more than a decade, Secretary Shalala
served on the board of the Children's Defense Fund, becoming
chair in 1992. As chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
from 1988 to 1993, she was the first woman to head a "Big 10" university.
Before that, she served for 8 years as president of Hunter College
at the City University of New York and as Assistant Secretary
for Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development. She has held tenured professorships
at Columbia University, CUNY, and the University of Wisconsin.
From 1975 to 1977, she served as director and treasurer of the
Municipal Assistance Corporation, the organization that helped
reverse New York State's financial collapse. She has been a director
of the American Stock Exchange, TIAA-CREF, and M and I Bank of
Wisconsin. As a member of the Committee for Economic Development,
she contributed to bipartisan reports on the health, welfare,
and educational needs of our Nation's youngest children. Secretary
Shalala received a doctorate from Syracuse University and a bachelors
from Western College for Women.
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