HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the appointment of Cindy Mann to serve as Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations (CMSO). Mann most recently was a research professor and executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute. From 1999 to 2001, Mann served as director of the Family and Children’s Health Programs at CMSO and played a key role in implementing Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.