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Sylvia Mathews Burwell

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Sylvia Mary Burwell (née Mathews; born June 24, 1965) is an American government and non-profit executive who is president of the Harvard Board of Overseers and was the 15th president of American University from 2017 to 2024. Burwell was the first woman to serve as the university's president. A member of the Democratic Party, Burwell earlier served as the 22nd United States secretary of health and human services from 2014 to 2017 and as 39th director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2013 to 2014. A West Virginia native, Burwell first worked for the United States government in Washington, D.C., during the presidency of Bill Clinton. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Sylvia Mathews Burwell is the 15,537th most popular politician (up from 19,171st in 2024), the 8,369th most popular biography from United States (up from 18,484th in 2019) and the 633rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sylvia Mathews Burwell ranks 15,537 out of 19,576. Before her are Eudemus, José Manuel Marroquín, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Francesco Cornaro, Aleksandr Rozenberg, and Thomas Mifflin. After her are Panagiotis Pipinelis, Sun Chunlan, Sotsha Dlamini, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, V. Volodarsky, and Zlatko Tomčić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Sylvia Mathews Burwell ranks 292. Before her are Veronica Ferres, Matt Biondi, Catherine Martin, Sergio Vázquez, Frank Ordenewitz, and Patrik Sjöberg. After her are Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, Toninho, Sadie Frost, John van Loen, Désirée Nosbusch, and Alexei Mordashov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sylvia Mathews Burwell ranks 8,371 out of 20,380. Before her are Thomas Mifflin (1744), Mary Beth Peil (1940), Sidney Franklin (1893), Mike Farrell (1939), Lorenz Hart (1895), and Bo Goldman (1932). After her are Ted DiBiase Jr. (1982), Jon Landau (1960), Bud Houser (1901), Kevin Conway (1942), Clyde King (1898), and Timothy Zahn (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Sylvia Mathews Burwell ranks 633. Before her are William M. Tweed (1823), Isabella Abbott (1919), George Tenet (1953), James M. Cox (1870), Samuel J. Tilden (1814), and Thomas Mifflin (1744). After her are John Langdon (1741), Lloyd Bentsen (1921), James Brady (1940), John P. Kennedy (1795), Whitney Smith (1940), and Hamilton Fish (1808).

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