Kathleen Sebelius

Kathleen Sebelius is the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services. Since April 2009, she has led the principal federal agency charged with keeping Americans healthy. During her tenure as governor of Kansas (2003-2009), Time magazine named her "one of America’s Top Five Governors." Sebelius served as Kansas insurance commissioner from 1995 to 2003 and as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995. She holds a master's degree in public administration from the University of Kansas and a B.A. from Trinity Washington University. She and her husband, Gary, who is a federal magistrate judge, have two sons, Ned and John.