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Donna Shalala's Biography

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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

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