Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jun 23, 1965(1965-06-23)
Age	59
Birthplace	Hinton
Country	United States
Birth City	West Virginia
Horoscope	Gemini

Sylvia Mathews Burwell Biography

Sylvia Mathews Burwell is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on June 23, 1965 in Hinton, West Virginia, United States. Following his time during the After serving in the Bill Clinton administration as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, Burwell was appointed by President Barack Obama to the positions of Director of the Office of Management and Budget and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. administration as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, Burwell was appointed by President Barack Obama to the post director of the Office of Management and Budget and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.

While in college she was an assistant to Governor During her college years, she worked as an aide to then-Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis..

Mathews showed an interest in politics while still in grade school, getting involved her best friend’s father’s campaign for county commissioner and Jay Rockefeller’s first campaign for governor. Mathews served as student body president and played on the basketball team. She graduated as valedictorian of her high school class. In 1982 she was a Youth For Understanding exchange student in Japan. While still in college, she served as an intern for West Virginia Congressman Nick Rahall, as a governor’s aide to Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, and as a researcher on the Dukakis/Bentsen campaign. Mathews earned a bachelor’s degree in Government and graduated cum laude, from Harvard University in 1987. She then enrolled at the University of Oxford where she became a Rhodes Scholar at Worcester College, and, in her spare time, a rower. She graduated from Oxford with a second bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. She has since been appointed as an honorary fellow of Worcester College.

Mathews began her career in 1990 as an associate at the New York consulting firm McKinsey & Company. In 1992 Mathews joined Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign and led the economic team for the president-elect. Following Clinton’s inauguration, Mathews, with Robert Rubin, helped set up the National Economic Council (NEC). She served as Staff Director of the NEC from 1993 to

1995. While Mathews was at NEC, the White House pushed for healthcare reform. Mathews was among those in the administration who advocated for finding ways, apart from legislation, to curb healthcare costs. When Rubin became Secretary of the Treasury in 1995, Mathews became his Chief of Staff. She testified before a Senate Committee during the Whitewater investigations regarding her search of Vince Foster’s garbage and the fate of the documents she discovered. Mathews told the committee she had been looking for an indication as to why Foster had committed suicide and denied ordering any documents destroyed.

The daughter of local politicians Cleo Maroudas Mathews and doctor William Peter Mathews, she was raised living in Hinton, West Virginia. Later, she got married to Stephen Burwell and settled in Washington, D.C.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell Net Worth

Sylvia Mathews Burwell is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sylvia Mathews Burwell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After graduation of the universities of Harvard and Oxford and Oxford, she was employed for both the After graduating from both Harvard and Oxford, she worked on theMichael Dukakis and Clinton presidential campaigns and was briefly employed by the McKinsey & Company consulting firm. and Clinton presidential campaigns. She was employed for a short time with The McKinsey & Company consulting firm.

She was named to The Wall Street Journal’s”Fifty Women to Watch” list in 2005 “Fifty Women to Watch.”

Sylvia Mary Mathews Burwell (born June 23, 1965) is an American government and non-profit executive, who is the 15th president of American University since June 1, 2017. She is the first woman to serve as the university’s president. She earlier served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. President Barack Obama nominated Burwell on April 11, 2014. Burwell’s nomination was confirmed by the Senate on June 5, 2014, by a vote of 78-17. She served as Secretary until the end of the Obama administration. Previously, she had been the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget from 2013 to 2014.

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Who is Sylvia Mathews Burwell Dating?

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She served on the board of the University of Washington Medical Center from 2002 to 2005. During that time, the board oversaw an upgrade to the medical center’s electronic medical records and system for tracking patient outcomes. The board was also tasked with setting up a compliance program to fix a Medicare billing irregularity that had resulted in a settlement with federal investigators. She was a Director of MetLife and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company from January 2004 to April 2013. Mathews also served on the boards of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Nike Foundation Advisory Group.

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Sylvia Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Sylvia Mathews Burwell celebrates birthday on June 23 of every year.

In 2005 Mathews was chosen by the Wall Street Journal as one of The 50 Women to Watch – 2005 worldwide for her work with the Gates Foundation. In 2008, known as Sylvia Mathews Burwell following her 2007 marriage, she was named Obama/Biden Transition Agency Review Lead for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Burwell remained with the Gates Foundation until 2011. She officially joined the Wal-Mart Foundation, which focuses on ending hunger in the United States, as the organization’s president in January 2012. Burwell relocated to Bentonville, Arkansas, for the position.

Who was Obama's secretary of health?

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How Old Is Sylvia Burwell?

56 years (June 23, 1965)

Who is the head of American University?

Burwell President. Sylvia M. Burwell is American University’s 15th president and the first woman to serve as president.

Who Is Sylvia Mathew?

Sylvia Mary Burwell (née Mathews; born June 23, 1965) is an American government and non-profit executive who has been the 15th president of American University since June 1, 2017. She is the first woman to serve as the university’s president.

Where did Sylvia Burwell go to college?

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