Nancy-Ann Min DeParle (born December 17, 1956) served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy in the administration of President Obama from January 2011 to January 2013.[1] Previously, she served as the director of the White House Office of Health Reform,[2][3] leading the administration's efforts on health care issues, including the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. She served as the director of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) from 1997 to 2000,[4] administering the Medicare program for the Clinton administration, and before then worked at the Office of Management and Budget.
Nancy-Ann DeParle | |
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| White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy | |
| In office January 27, 2011 – January 25, 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Mona Sutphen |
| Succeeded by | Rob Nabors |
| Director of the Office of Health Reform | |
| In office April 8, 2009 – January 27, 2011 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| 10th Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | |
| In office September 1997 – September 29, 2000 Acting: September 1997 – November 1997 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Bruce Vladeck |
| Succeeded by | Michael Hash (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nancy-Ann Min December 17, 1956 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Tennessee, Knoxville (BA) Balliol College, Oxford (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Education and personal life
editNancy-Ann Min was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to a Chinese immigrant father and a Euro-American mother.[5] Raised in Rockwood, Tennessee, she graduated from Rockwood High School.[6][7] Her mother died of lung cancer when Nancy-Ann was 17.[8]
She attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where her major was history and her senior thesis was entitled "Uncle Sam, Hirohito, and Resegregation: The Tule Lake Segregation Center, 1943-1946." She was awarded a B.A. degree with highest honors and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and selected as a Phi Kappa Phi scholar.[7] She was the first female president of the University of Tennessee student body and was a member of the Gamma Alpha chapter of Delta Gamma. In 1978 Glamour magazine named her one of the year's top ten college women.[7]
After graduating from Tennessee, she enrolled in Harvard Law School, but interrupted her studies there when she was awarded a Rhodes scholarship. As a Rhodes scholar, she went to Balliol College of Oxford University, receiving a B.A. from Oxford in 1981.[7][8] After returning to Harvard, she earned a J.D. degree in 1983.[7]
She is married to Jason DeParle, a reporter for The New York Times.[9] They have two sons.
Career
editDeParle was a partner at the law firm of Bass, Berry & Sims in Nashville before serving as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Human Services in the cabinet of Governor Ned McWherter from 1987 to 1989.[7]
DeParle has also served as a trustee at the nonprofit Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University, and a fellow at the Wharton School of Business. She has also been a Commissioner on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). In November 2011, DeParle was included on The New Republic's list of Washington's most powerful, least famous people.[10]
Corporate connections
editShe served as a director of Accredo Health Inc., Boston Scientific, Cerner, DaVita Inc., Guidant, Medco Health Solutions, Speciality Laboratories, and Triad Hospitals. She was a managing director of CCMP Capital.[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Tapper, Jake (January 27, 2011). "Jay Carney Picked as New White House Press Secretary". ABC News. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
- ^ "White House Biography of Nancy-Ann Min DeParle". Whitehouse.gov. Archived from the original on March 12, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ "Obama taps Sebelius, DeParle for health posts". CNN. March 2, 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
- ^ "Nancy-Ann DeParle". HCA Investor Center. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ^ "Nancy-Ann Min DeParle" (PDF). Chinese American Heroes. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2015.
- ^ "Nancy-Ann DeParle". Political Base. Archived from the original on July 23, 2009. Retrieved March 4, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f Klein, Milton M. "Prominent Alumni: Part I". University of Tennessee. Archived from the original on April 21, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2010.
- ^ a b Stolberg, Scheryl Gay (March 2, 2009). "Obama Taps Health Aid With Links to Industry". New York Times.
- ^ "Nancy-Ann Min, Jason DeParle". The New York Times. March 23, 1997.
- ^ Allbritton, Robert (November 3, 2011). "Washington's Most Powerful, Least Famous People". The New Republic. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
- ^ Steinle, Mia (July 2, 2009). "Details of DeParle's industry connections". Investigative Reporting Workshop. Archived from the original on July 6, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2009.
External links
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- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Nancy-Ann DeParle collected news and commentary at The New York Times
- HealthCare.gov
- Health Care Reform Newsmaker Series: Nancy-Ann DeParle, Director, White House Office of Health Reform at the Kaiser Family Foundation
- Nancy-Ann DeParle's file at PolitiFact.com
- Reality Check: Nancy-Ann DeParle's Stellar Record at WhiteHouse.gov, September 28, 2009