Donna E. Shalala is a distinguished educator and Trustee Professor of Political Science and Health Policy at the University of Miami.
One of the most honored academic leaders of her generation, she has been elected to seven national academies including the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Education, The National Academy of Public Administration, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.
Professor Shalala is one of the country’s first Peace Corps Volunteers (Iran), her public service also includes serving as Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services in the Clinton administration for eight years. She co-chaired with Senator Bob Dole the President’s Commission on Care for America’s Returning Wooded Warriors. In 2008 President George W.
Bush selected her as the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award. She was named one of “America’s Best Leaders” by U.S. News & World Report (2005), received the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights (2010), and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame (2011). She served one term in Congress
representing Florida’s 27 th District (2020-22). She has led three universities: Hunter College, 1980-87; University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1987-1993; and the University of Miami, 2001-2015.
Professor Shalala received her A.B. from Western College for Women and her PhD from The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
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