“Sylvia Mathews Burwell, who was most recently the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under former President Barack Obama, has been named the 15th President of American University in Washington, DC. She succeeds Neil Kerwin as president and will assume her responsibilities on June 1, 2017.
Burwell, the first woman to hold the highest leadership position at AU, emerged as the top candidate in a very competitive national search.”