Category: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Donna Shalala
Donna Shalala


Donna Shalala assumed office as U.S. representative for Florida's 27th Congressional District on Jan. 3, 2019. Previously, Shalala 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 […]