Sylvia Mathews Burwell facts for kids

Sylvia Mathews Burwell
15th President of American University
Incumbent
Assumed office June 1, 2017
Preceded by	Cornelius M. Kerwin
22nd United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
In office June 9, 2014 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Bill Corr Mary Wakefield (Acting)
Preceded by	Kathleen Sebelius
Succeeded by	Tom Price
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
In office April 24, 2013 – June 9, 2014
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Brian Deese
Preceded by	Jeffrey Zients (Acting)
Succeeded by	Brian Deese (Acting)
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
In office January 20, 1997 – October 21, 1998
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Harold Ickes
Succeeded by	Maria Echaveste
Personal details
Born	Sylvia Mary Mathews June 23, 1965 (1965-06-23) Hinton, West Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Stephen Burwell
Children	2
Education	Harvard University (BA) Worcester College, Oxford (BA)

Sylvia Mathews Burwell was born June 23, 1965 and served as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2014 to 2017. Previously she was the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget from 2013 to 2014.

She was nominated by President Barack Obama on April 11, 2014, to the position of the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services after Kathleen Sebelius resigned. Burwell's nomination was confirmed by the Senate on June 5, 2014 by a vote of 78-17.

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  Kathryn Ruemmler, Jack Lew, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, and Alyssa Mastromonaco update President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on the government shutdown, October 1, 2013.