President Obama has nominated Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Nancy-Ann DeParle, who served as Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA, now the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) during the Clinton administration, will head the White House Office for Health Reform.
Governor Sebelius is currently serving her second term as governor of Kansas, having been reelected to the office in 2006. She has also served as the Kansas Insurance Commissioner (1994-2002) and as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1986-1994).
In addition to her work as Administrator of HCFA, Nancy-Ann DeParle has served as a Commissioner on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Associate Director for Health and Personnel at the White House Office of Management and Budget (also during the Clinton administration), and as Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Human Services.
Read the announcement on the White House blog.
