DIG REQUEST

WHO IS SYLVIA BURWELL?

WHO IS SHE REALLY?

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/secretary-sylvia-mathews-burwell

Sylvia Mathews Burwell was sworn in as the 22nd Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on June 9, 2014 served until 2017.

Secretary Burwell is committed to the mission of ensuring that every American has access to the building blocks of healthy and productive lives.

A results-driven manager, Secretary Burwell has led large and complex organizations across the public and private sectors. Most recently, Burwell served as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Prior to serving in the Administration, Burwell served asPresident of the Walmart Foundation, and President of the Global Development Program andChief Operating Officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/meet-sylvia-burwell-woman-who-ordered-government-shutdown-flna8C11310667

A single person shut down the entire U.S. government for the first time in 17 years.

Not a congressman, but an unelected woman named Sylvia Burwell who, as the relatively new director of the Office of Management and Budget, sent the email that initiated the process that has closed national parks, visitors’ centers and even the “panda-cam” at the National Zoo.

https://www.aspeninstitute.org/our-people/sylvia-burwell/

https://www.presidentialleadershipscholars.org/staff/sylvia-m-burwell/

Burwell also served in theClinton Administration, as Deputy Director of OMB, Deputy Chief of Staff to the President of the United States, Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Treasury, and Special Assistant to the Director of the National Economic Council.

She currently serves on the board of theCouncil on Foreign Relationsand the Aspen Institute’s Future of Work Initiative.