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Secretary of Health and Human Services is a level I position in the Executive Schedule, [5] thus earning a salary of US$ 221,400, as of January 2021. [6]
The deputy secretary is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. [2] The deputy secretary is paid at level II of the Executive Schedule. [3] The deputy secretary is assisted by a principal associate deputy secretary of health and human services, two associate deputy secretaries, and three staff assistants. [4] The position of deputy secretary was originally held by an under ...
Xavier Becerra ( / hɑːviˈɛər bɪˈsɛrə / hah-vee-AIR beh-SEHR-ə; Latin American Spanish: [xaˈβjeɾ βeˈsera]; born January 26, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 2021. He is the first Latino to hold this position in history. [1] Becerra previously served as the attorney general of California ...
Andrea Joan Palm [1] (born 1973) is an American government health advisor who is the United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Biden administration. Previously, Palm served as secretary-designee of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services from 2019 to 2021 in the administration of Governor Tony Evers, an office she was never sworn into due to Republican opposition ...
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. Burwell is the first woman to serve as the university's president. Burwell earlier served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. President Barack Obama nominated Burwell on April 11, 2014 ...
The United States Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America". [3] Before the separate federal Department of Education was created in 1979, it was called ...
Kathleen Sebelius ( / sɪˈbiːliəs /; née Gilligan, born May 15, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 21st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2009 until 2014. As Secretary of Health and Human Services, Sebelius was instrumental in overseeing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Before becoming secretary, she served as the 44th governor of Kansas ...
The assistant secretary for health ( ASH) is a senior U.S. government official within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The position is a statutory office ( 42 U.S.C. § 202) and the holder of the office serves as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services's primary advisor on matters involving the nation's public health. The assistant secretary ...