The Cabinet of the United States is the principal official advisory body to the president of the United States. The Cabinet meets with the president in a room adjacent to the Oval Office. The president chairs the meetings but is not formally a member of the Cabinet. The heads of departments,appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate,are members of the Cabinet,and acting department heads also participate in Cabinet meetings whether or not they have been officially nominated for Senate confirmation. The president may designate heads of other agencies and non-Senate-confirmed members of the Executive Office of the President as members of the Cabinet.
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health,safety,and well-being of America". Before the separate federal Department of Education was created in 1979,it was called the Department of Health,Education,and Welfare (HEW).
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country. Non-healthcare benefits include disability compensation,vocational rehabilitation,education assistance,home loans,and life insurance. The VA also provides burial and memorial benefits to eligible veterans and family members at 135 national cemeteries.
Paul Henry O'Neill was an American businessman and government official who served as the 72nd United States secretary of the treasury for part of President George W. Bush's first term,from January 2001 to December 2002. He was fired in December 2002 for his public disagreement with the administration. Prior to his term as secretary of the treasury,O'Neill was chairman and CEO of industrial giant Alcoa and chairman of the RAND Corporation.
The United States federal executive departments are the principal units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States. They are analogous to ministries common in parliamentary or semi-presidential systems but they are led by a head of government who is also the head of state. The executive departments are the administrative arms of the president of the United States. There are currently 15 executive departments.
The Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy,also known as Heinz College,is the public policy and information college of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. It consists of the School of Information Systems and Management and the School of Public Policy and Management. The college is named after CMU's former instructor and the later U.S. Senator John Heinz from Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania College of Technology is a public college in Williamsport,Pennsylvania. It is affiliated with,but a self-governing entity of,Pennsylvania State University. As an applied technology college the school offers certificate,associate,baccalaureate,and master's degree programs in more than 100 fields of study. The college's student body is 64% male and 86% are full-time.
Adolph Edward Borie was a United States merchant and politician who briefly served (1869) as Secretary of the Navy in the Ulysses S. Grant administration.
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is a council,chartered in each administration with a broad mandate to advise the president of the United States on science and technology. The current PCAST was established by Executive Order 13226 on September 30,2001,by George W. Bush,was re-chartered by Barack Obama's April 21,2010,Executive Order 13539,by Donald Trump's October 22,2019,Executive Order 13895,and by Joe Biden's February 1,2021,Executive Order 14007.
Nagarajan Vittal was an Indian civil servant who held a number of senior positions in the Government of India,most prominently that of central vigilance commissioner.
Robert C. Wonderling was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who represented the 24th District from 2003 to 2009. The district he represented includes portions of Montgomery,Berks,Lehigh and Northampton Counties and includes the population centers of Easton,Lansdale,and Emmaus. He resigned his seat on July 28,2009,to become president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia.
Joseph S. Martz, also known as Joe Martz,is an American chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors,who currently heads the Philadelphia-based Merakey,a non-profit provider of community-based human and special education services.
Rajkumar Chellaraj is the CFO and administrative dean at the Stanford Business School,Stanford University. Concurrently,he was also the chief operating officer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business Stanford Seed program with primary focus in Africa and India from 2015 to 2017. He is the former Assistant Secretary of State for Administration at the US State Department from 2006 to 2009 under Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Currently,he serves as chairman of the board of Wellbore Integrity Solutions,a global oilfield services provider,a portfolio company of private equity firm Rhône Group. He also serves on the Board of Wahoo Fitness,a fitness technology company. In addition,he was an advisor and consultant to United Nations leadership in operations and management. Previously,he served on the board of GardaWorld from 2017 to 2019,a Canadian private security firm. From 2015 to 2018,he also served as chairman of the board of RhythmOne,a publicly traded digital advertising company.
Karen Bollinger DeSalvo is an American business executive,physician and public health expert. She has been Google’s chief health officer since 2019. Previously,she served as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Health,National Coordinator for Health Information Technology,and Director of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).
Karen Murphy is an American registered nurse and healthcare administrator. She previously served as the Pennsylvania Secretary of Health,having been nominated by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and confirmed in May 2015. Prior to that,she served as Pennsylvania Director of the State Innovation Models Initiative and CEO of the Moses Taylor Health System.
John Quigley is a former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection,having been nominated by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and confirmed in June 2015 and serving until his resignation in May 2016. From 2009 to 2011,Quigley served as secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Prior to his appointment as secretary,Quigley worked for DCNR in several capacities,including overseeing strategic initiatives and operations,and as chief of staff. He is the first and only person in the history of Pennsylvania to hold the positions of both DCNR and DEP Secretary.
LaVerne H. Council,MBA,DBA was the Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and Chief Information Officer for the Office of Information and Technology within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Council assumed this role in July 2015. President Obama nominated Council to the role in March 2015. Council was confirmed by the 114th Congress on June 23,2015,making Council the first female CIO of a Cabinet-level federal agency. She managed a $4.2B Information Technology (IT) appropriation,the first centralized and only IT appropriation in the federal government.
Teresa Osborne is an American civil service professional and non-profit executive who served as a commissioner on the State Civil Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2019 and 2020.
Pat Turner is an Aboriginal Australian of Gudanji-Arrernte heritage who has worked as a civil administrator for policies which guarantee the right to self-determination for Indigenous people. She was awarded the Order of Australia in 1990 for her service.
