Donna Shalala

Donna Edna Shalala (/ʃəˈleɪlə/ shə-LAY-lə; born February 14, 1941) is an American politician. She was the United States representative of Florida's 27th congressional district from January 3, 2019 to January 3, 2021.

Donna Shalala
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 27th district
In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021
Preceded by	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Succeeded by	Maria Elvira Salazar
President of the Clinton Foundation
In office March 6, 2015 – April 25, 2017
Preceded by	Bruce Lindsey
Succeeded by	Kevin Thurm
5th President of the University of Miami
In office June 1, 2001 – August 16, 2015
Preceded by	Edward T. Foote II
Succeeded by	Julio Frenk
18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
In office January 22, 1993 – January 20, 2001
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Louis Wade Sullivan
Succeeded by	Tommy Thompson
Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, Madison
In office January 1, 1988 – January 22, 1993
Preceded by	Bernard Cecil Cohen
Succeeded by	David Ward
Personal details
Born	Donna Edna Shalala (1941-02-14) February 14, 1941 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Western College (BA) Syracuse University (MA, PhD)

She served as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. She was the president of the University of Miami, a private university in Coral Gables, Florida, from 2001 through 2015.

In August 2018, she became the Democratic nominee for Florida's 27th Congressional District. She won the general election on November 6, 2018. She lost her re-election in 2020 to Republican Maria Elvira Salazar.

Donna Shalala Media

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  Shalala with President Bill Clinton in April 1993

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  Shalala with then U.S. Senator Joe Biden and U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno in May 1999

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  Official portrait of then-HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala. Donna Shalala is currently the president of the University of Miami.

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  U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius (right), Shalala (left), and former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and former HHS Secretary Louis Wade Sullivan (background) in June 2010

Other websites

• President Donna E. Shalala’s Biography at the University of Miami Archived 2015-07-17 at the Wayback Machine.
• "America's Best Leaders: Q&A with Donna Shalala, President of the University of Miami, U.S. News & World Report, October 22, 2005.
• Donna Shalala Archived 2015-09-11 at the Wayback Machine Video produced by Makers: Women Who Make America
• President Donna E. Shalala Collection, 1980-1988, Hunter College Archives and Special Collections
• Appearances on C-SPAN