Tuesday, March 24, The Common Good hosted a relevant and important conference call conversation on the Coronavirus with Congresswoman Donna Shalala [D, FL-27]. Shalala offered a unique perspective having served eight years as the Health and Human Services Secretary during the Clinton administration. She used her extensive experience in both politics and public health to discuss the threat the coronavirus poses to the United States and the government’s response to the outbreak.
Listen to the audio recording of the event below:
ABOUT CONGRESSWOMAN DONNA SHALALA
Congresswoman Donna E. Shalala is the longest-serving Secretary of Health and Human Services in U.S. history, having served for eight years under President Bill Clinton. In 2018, she returned to Washington as the Representative for Florida’s 27th District, which includes the city of Miami and surrounding municipalities in Miami-Dade County.
In 2007, President George W. Bush hand-picked her to co-chair with Senator Bob Dole the Commission on Care for Returning Wounded Warriors, tasked with evaluating how wounded service members transition from active duty to civilian life. In 2008, President Bush selected her as the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award. Congresswoman Shalala has been named one of “America’s Best Leaders” by U.S. News & World Report (2005), received the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights (2010), was inducted into the National Woman’s Hall of Fame (2011), and has more than five dozen honorary degrees.
