Mary Wakefield

Doctor Mary Wakefield PhD R.N.
United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Acting
In office April 2015 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Bill Corr
Succeeded by	Colleen Barros (Acting)
Personal details
Alma mater	University of Mary (BSN) University of Texas at Austin (MSN, PhD)

Mary Wakefield was raised in rural North Dakota, became a nurse and nurse educator, entered politics and worked as chief of staff for two United States Senators from North Dakota, then went on to a lead health policy research center at George Mason University. She returned to North Dakota in 2001 to become an assistant dean and professor at University of North Dakota. In 2009 she was named administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) by President Barack Obama in February 2009, where she has administered key parts of the Affordable Health Care Act. Most recently, she was selected to serve as Acting United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.

She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and was elected to the Institute of Medicine, and has served on committees advising Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HRSA’s Office of Rural Health Policy, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Wakefield is a native of Devils Lake, North Dakota She has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Mary in Bismarck and master's and doctoral degrees in nursing from the University of Texas at Austin.

Wakefield worked as a full or part-time nurse, primarily in rural nursing homes and intensive care, from 1976 to 1985, and taught nursing from 1977 to 1987 at the University of North Dakota.

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