Full Name:
Donna E. Shalala
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
02/14/1941
Birth Place:
Cleveland, OH
Home City:
Coral Gables, FL
Religion:
Catholic
PhD, The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1970
AB, History, Western College for Women, 1962
Representative, United States House of Representatives, Florida, District 27, 2019-2021
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Florida, District 27, 2018
Former Member, Education & Labor Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Rules Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, United States House of Representatives
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
President, The Clinton Foundation, 2015-2017
President, University of Miami, 2001-2015
Appointed by President George W. Bush, Member, Commission on Care for Returning Wounded Warriors, 2007
Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States Department of Health and Human Services, 1993-2001
Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1992-1997
Chancellor/Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1987-1993
President/Professor, Hunter College of the City University of New York, 1980-1987
Director of the Board, MEDNAX, 2010-present
Director of the Board, National Football Foundation, 2010-present
Member, American Philosophical Society, 2009-present
Director of the Board, United States Soccer Federation, 2008-present
Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2000-present
Fellow, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 2000-present
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1998-present
Member, National Academy of Social Insurance, 1993-present
Member, National Academy of Education, 1987-present
Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration, 1976-present
Trustee Professor, Political Science and Health Policy, University of Miami, present
Volunteer, Peace Corps, 1962-1964
Awards:
2008 Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded by President George W. Bush;
America's Best Leaders, 2005, U.S. News & World Report;
Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights, 2010;
National Woman's Hall of Fame, 2011