Mary Wakefield

Mary Wakefield
United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services
Acting
In office
April 2015 – January 20, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byBill Corr
Succeeded byColleen Barros (acting)
Personal details
Born (1954-08-12) August 12, 1954 (age 70)
Devils Lake, North Dakota, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Mary (BSN)
University of Texas at Austin (MSN, PhD)

Mary Wakefield (born August 12, 1954) is an American nurse and health care administrator, who served in the Obama administration as acting United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2015 to 2017, and as head of the Health Resources and Services Administration from 2009 to 2015.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Nomination of Mary Katherine Wakefield, Hearing before the Committee on Finance" (PDF). Senate Finance Committee. United States Senate. February 4, 2016. p. 61. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. ^ Easter, Sam (January 1, 2017). "Devils Lake native Mary Wakefield looks to life after top D.C. job". Grand Forks Herald. Grands Forks, North Dakota. Retrieved September 29, 2017.