Kathleen Sebelius

Kathleen Sebelius
Official portrait, 2009
21st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
In office April 28, 2009 – June 9, 2014
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Bill Corr
Preceded by	Mike Leavitt
Succeeded by	Sylvia Mathews Burwell
44th Governor of Kansas
In office January 13, 2003 – April 28, 2009
Lieutenant	John E. Moore Mark Parkinson
Preceded by	Bill Graves
Succeeded by	Mark Parkinson
23rd Kansas Insurance Commissioner
In office January 9, 1995 – January 13, 2003
Governor	Bill Graves
Preceded by	Ronald L. Todd
Succeeded by	Sandy Praeger
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 56th district
In office 1987–1995
Preceded by	Judith C. Runnels
Succeeded by	Nancy Kirk
Personal details
Born	Kathleen Gilligan (1948-05-15) May 15, 1948 (age 76) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	K. Gary Sebelius ​ (m. 1974)​
Children	2
Parent	John J. Gilligan (father)
Relatives	Keith Sebelius (father-in-law)
Education	Trinity Washington University (BA) University of Kansas (MPA)

Kathleen Sebelius (/sɪˈbiːliəs/; née Gilligan, born May 15, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 21st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2009 until 2014. As Secretary of Health and Human Services, Sebelius was instrumental in overseeing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Before becoming secretary, she served as the 44th governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009, the second woman to hold that office. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Sebelius was the Democratic respondent to the 2008 State of the Union address^[1] and is chair-emerita of the Democratic Governors Association (she was its first female chair).^[2] She is CEO of Sebelius Resources LLC.