Donna Shalala Joins UnitedHealth Group Board of Directors.Business Editors/Medical Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2001 The UnitedHealth Group (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UNH Unh The symbol for the element unnilhexium. ) board of directors has elected Donna E. Shalala, Ph.D. to the board. "As the longest serving Secretary of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Secretary of Health and Human Services - the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Health and Human Services; "the first Secretary of Health and Human Services was Patricia Roberts Harris who was appointed by Carter" Donna Shalala gained valuable insights into many of the challenges and opportunities facing our health care system," said William W. McGuire William W. McGuire M.D. was the CEO of UnitedHealth Group Inc. from 1992 until 1 December 2006 (see section "Resignation" below). He attended the University of Texas-Austin and is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. , M.D., UnitedHealth Group's chairman and chief executive officer. "Dr. Shalala directed the government's welfare reform process, made health insurance available to 2.5 million children, raised child immunization immunization: see immunity; vaccination. rates to the highest levels in history, oversaw Food and Drug Administration reform, and revitalized the National Institutes of Health. Her perspectives as both an educator and public leader will tremendously augment the expertise we already have on our board of directors." Dr. Shalala is the president of the University of Miami This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. For the university in Oxford, Ohio, see Miami University. The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida,[2] UM,[3] or just The U . In addition to her work as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Shalala was at the Brookings Institution as the first Visiting Distinguished Fellow of the Center for Public Service. She was chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison “University of Wisconsin” redirects here. For other uses, see University of Wisconsin (disambiguation). A public, land-grant institution, UW-Madison offers a wide spectrum of liberal arts studies, professional programs, and student activities. from 1987-1993, becoming the first woman to head a Big Ten University. In that role Business Week named her one of the five best managers in higher education. Prior to her tenure at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Shalala served as president of Hunter College for seven years, and as an assistant secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development during the Carter Administration. From 1975-1977, she served as treasurer of New York City's Municipal Assistance Corporation, the organization that helped rescue the city from the brink of bankruptcy. A scholar of state and local government and finance, Dr. Shalala earned her Ph.D. from Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is according to U.S. News & World Report the leading [1] public policy school offering master degrees in Public Affairs in the United States. at Syracuse University in 1970 and her B.A. from Western College for Women in 1962. Dr. Shalala was born in Cleveland, Ohio. The addition of Dr. Shalala increases the size of UnitedHealth Group's board to 13 members. UnitedHealth Group (www.unitedhealthgroup.com) is a diversified health and well-being enterprise that provides a full spectrum of resources and services to help people achieve improved health and well-being through all stages of life. UnitedHealth Group is organized into six businesses: UnitedHealthcare, Uniprise, Ovations, Specialized Care Services, Ingenix and UnitedHealth Capital. |
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