Category: U.S. Cabinet Member / page 3

Susan Schwab
Susan C Schwab


Susan C. Schwab served as United States Trade Representative (USTR) from June 8, 2006 until January 2009. Schwab was born on March 23, 1955. She received a bachelor's degree in political economy from Williams College, a master's degree in development policy from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in public administration and international business from George Washington University. Her first job was as an agricultural trade negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, then as a trade policy officer in the U.S. embassy in Tokyo. She spent eight years […]
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius


Kathleen Sebelius served as the U.S. secretary of health and human services (HHS) from April 28, 2009 to April 13, 2014. Sebelius was born May 15, 1948, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She earned a bachelor's degree from Trinity Washington University in 1970 and a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Kansas in 1977. Sebelius served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1987-1995, then served as Kansas insurance commissioner from 1995-2003. She was elected governor of Kansas in 2002, the first daughter of a governor to be elected […]
Donna Shalala
Donna Shalala


Donna Shalala served as U.S. representative for Florida's 27th Congressional District from 2019-2021. Previously, Shalala had served as the United States secretary of health and human services under President Bill Clinton from 1993-2001, the longest serving HHS secretary and the first Lebanese-American to serve in a Cabinet position. Shalala was born February 14, 1941, in Cleveland, Ohio. She received a Bachelor of Arts in history from Western College for Women in 1962. From 1962-1964, she served in the Peace Corps in Iran, one of the country’s first Peace Corps volunteers. […]
Hilda Solis
Hilda Solis


Hilda Solis assumed office as a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in December 2014. Solis previously served as the United States secretary of labor from 2009-2013, the first Latina to serve in the U.S. Cabinet. Solis was born October 20, 1957, in Los Angeles, California. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in political science from California State Polytechnic University in 1979 and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Southern California in 1981. Solis worked with the White House Office of Hispanic Affairs […]
Margaret Spellings
Margaret Spellings


Margaret Spellings served as U.S. secretary of education from 2005-2009. As a member of the president's cabinet, she led the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Spellings was born on November 30, 1957, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in political sciences at the University of Houston in 1979. Prior to her service in the White House, Spellings was senior advisor to then-Governor George W. Bush of Texas, led governmental and external relations for the Texas Association of School Boards, and served in […]
Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Linda Thomas-Greenfield


Linda Thomas-Greenfield served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 2021-2025. Thomas-Greenfield received a Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana State University and a Master of Arts from the University of Wisconsin. Prior to joining the State Department, she taught political science at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. A career diplomat, Thomas-Greenfield worked at the U.S. Foreign Service from 1982-2017, serving in posts in Switzerland, Pakistan, Kenya, The Gambia, Nigeria, and Jamaica and as the ambassador to Liberia. After retiring from the State Department, Thomas-Greenfield led the Africa Practice at […]
Christine Todd Whitman
Christine Todd Whitman


Christine (Christie) Todd Whitman served as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 2001-2003. During her tenure at the EPA, Whitman oversaw the EPA's response to environmental hazards caused by the September 11 terrorist attacks. Previous to serving as EPA administrator, Whitman was New Jersey's governor from 1994-2001, the first woman governor of that state. Whitman was born on September 26, 1946, in New York. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in government from Wheaton College in 1968. Her early political career included work for Nelson Rockefeller's presidential campaign and […]
Susie Wiles
Susie Wiles


Susie Wiles became White House chief of staff on January 20, 2025. She is the first woman to serve in that the role. Wiles was born on May 14, 1957, in New Jersey. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Maryland. She began her career in the political realm by working for a New York congressman Jack Kemp. Wiles then worked on Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign before becoming a scheduler in his administration. She has worked for a number of elected officials at […]
Janet Yellen
Janet Yellen


Janet Yellen served as secretary of the treasury from 2021-2025. She was the first woman to serve in the role. Yellen was born on August 13, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York. She obtained a bachelor's degree in economics from Brown University in 1967 and a doctorate degree in economics from Yale University in 1971. Yellen served as assistant professor at Harvard. University from 1971-1976 before working as an economist for the Federal Reserve Board of Directors from 1977-1978. She then lectured at the London School of Economics and Political Science […]