Sheila P. Burke

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Sheila P. Burke
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Burke in 2007
27th Secretary of the United States Senate
In office
January 4, 1995 –June 7, 1995

Sheila P. Burke (born 1950or1951 [1] ) is an American strategic advisor known for her work in health care and government finance. She was chief of staff to Bob Dole and Secretary of the United States Senate. Her subsequent work was at the Smithsonian Institution and, as of 2023, she is a strategic advisor at the law firm Baker Donelson.

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Early life and education

Burke was raised in Merced, California. Her father worked for Farmers Insurance Group, while her mother worked with doctors and ambulance companies in town as an answering service. [2] Her family politics were as Democrats, but Burke would later change to the Republican party. [3] Burke went to Our Lady of Mercy School in Merced, California. She received a B.S. in nursing from the University of San Francisco in 1973. She later earned an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School in 1982. [4]

Career

Burke's early career was as a nurse, and she worked at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, California, and served as student affairs director of the National Student Nurses Association. [5] In 1974 [2] she moved to become program director of New York's National Student Nurses Association, and worked at Doctors Hospital in New York as a medical-surgical nurse. [1]

Burke started as a legislative aide to Senator Bob Dole in 1977. [6] In 1978 she began as a staffer for the Senate Committee on Finance, and from 1982 until 1985 she served as deputy staff director for that committee. [6] Burke was named Bob Dole's deputy chief of staff in 1985, and in 1986 she was promoted to become Dole's chief of staff. [7] She was the first woman chief of staff to a Senate majority leader. [8] As a staffer, Burke felt she should not be the center of attention, [2] but in 1995 a series of articles in the Washington Post presented opposition to her work in Washington, D.C. [9] [10] Burke was elected secretary of the Senate in 1995. [4] Given her role in the Senate, she was informally known as the "101st senator". [11]

In 1996, Burke left the Senate to become executive dean of the Harvard Kennedy School. [12] She served in this role until 2000 when she went to the Smithsonian Institution to serve as the under secretary for American museums and national programs. [11] [13] She held this position through 2003. From 2004 until 2007 she was the deputy secretary and chief operating officer of the Smithsonian Institution. [14] [15]

As of 2023, Burke works as a strategic advisor at Baker Donelson in Washington, D.C., [4] and is an adjunct lecturer at Harvard University [16] and Georgetown University. [17]

Awards and honors

In 2004 Burke was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine, [18] and a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. [19] She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. [20] [21] In 2008 she received the David Rall Medal from the Institute of Medicine. [22] New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing awarded her with their Helen Manzer Award in 2016. [23]

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