Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Leadership & Staff

Amber Macdonald Senior Speechwriter for President Biden

• speechwriter (past)

Business Positions

MetLife, Inc. Insurance and Financial Service Provider

• Director (?→'15)

McKinsey & Company Management consulting firm

• Associate ('90→'92)

Board Memberships

Council on Foreign Relations US foreign policy think tank

• Director

Positions

The Walmart Foundation Wal-Mart foundation

• president (Oct 14 '11→?)

Peter G Peterson Foundation Social Security privatization think tank funded by Blackstone Group founder

• advisory board member

American University A private university in Washington, DC

• Board Member (Jun 1 '17→?)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Family foundation of Microsoft founder Bill Gates

• President, Global Development Program ('06→?) [+2]

• Chief Operating Officer ('02→'06)

• Executive Vice President ('01→'02)

Presidential Leadership Scholars Leadership Catalyst Modeled on George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson.

• Board*

In the office of

Jack Lew Treasury Secretary; OMB Director under Obama and Clinton; former Citigroup exec

• deputy director at OMB (past)

Robert Rubin Clinton Treasury Secretary; co-chair of Council on Foreign Relations

• Chief of Staff ('95→'97)

Michael Dukakis Former Governor of Massachusetts

• Campaign aide ('88)

Government Positions

Economics and International Trade Agency Review Team Obama group charged with reviewing Treasury, SEC, FTC, FDIC, OECD and other agencies

• FDIC Team Lead (Nov '08→?)*

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The United States' Health and Human Services Agency

• Board Member (Jun 1 '14→?)

Office of Management and Budget White House budget office

• Director ('13→?) [+1]

• Deputy Director ('98→'01)

White House Office Includes multiple levels of presidential advisory boards and advisors

• Deputy Chief of Staff ('97→'98)

National Economic Council Domestic and international economic policy advisors to the White House

• Staff Director ('93→'95)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

• 3 contributions · 4,300 USD ('08) [+1]

• 6 contributions · 1,650 USD ('08)

Alan Khazei City Year co-founder and Brookline MA resident

• 4 contributions · 3,500 USD ('09→'11)

John Kerry 68th US Secretary of State, Senator from Massachusetts

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD ('04)

Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State & NY Senator; 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate

• 3 contributions · 1,750 USD ('06→'08)

Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('04) [+1]

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('08)

Erskine B Bowles Clinton's chief of staff from 1996-1998; investor; deficit hawk

• 2 contributions · 750 USD ('02→'04)

Kent Conrad US Senator from North Dakota

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('03)

Darcy Burner

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('06)

Joe Manchin US Senator from West Virginia (2010-2025)

• 2 contributions · 500 USD ('10)

Anne Barth

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('08)

Memberships

Trilateral Commission International political and economic discussion group

• Member

Schools

Oxford University

• Graduate (past)

Harvard University Elite private university located in Cambridge, MA

• BA, Government

Social

Neera Tanden Biden White House staff secretary; former president, Center for American Progress

• friend, former colleague

Robert Rubin Clinton Treasury Secretary; co-chair of Council on Foreign Relations

• mentor*