Colleen Barros | |
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United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Acting |
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Assumed office January 20, 2017 |
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President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Mary Wakefield (acting) |
Colleen Barros is the acting Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.
She has also served as Deputy Director for Management and Chief Financial Officer for the National Institutes of Health. She began her career at the NIH in 1979 as a Budget Analyst.
Barros has an M.A. in Public Administration from the American University.
While at NIH, in 2008 she won the Presidential Rank of Distinguished Executive Award, the 2003 Presidential Rank of Meritorious Executive Award, and 4 NIH Director’s Awards.