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# Obama Health Secretary Lands at American University
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/obama-health-secretary-lands-at-american-university/
- Published: 2017-01-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T22:03:21.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5137844

Former HHS secretary **Sylvia Mathews Burwell** (Obama Administration) has been named president of American University in Washington, DC. She succeeds **Neil Kerwin** as president and will assume her duties 6/1\. Burwell is the first woman to hold the highest leadership position at AU.

Previously, Burwell held leadership roles in the Clinton Administration, including as deputy chief of staff to the president and chief of staff to the U.S. Treasury secretary. She has served on the boards of the Council on Foreign Relations, MetLife, and the University of Washington Medical center, among other organizations.

  
Burwell earned an undergraduate degree in gvernment from Harvard University. She also holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy, policy and economics from the University of Oxford.