Shaun Donovan
| Shaun Donovan | |
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| Director of the Office of Management and Budget | |
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In office August 5, 2014 – January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy |
Brian Deese Robert Gordon (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Brian Deese (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Mick Mulvaney |
| 15th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | |
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In office January 26, 2009 – July 28, 2014 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy |
Ron Sims Maurice Jones Helen Kanovsky (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Steve Preston |
| Succeeded by | Julian Castro |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 24, 1966 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Liza Gilbert |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, MPA, MArch) |
Shaun L. S. Donovan (born January 24, 1966) is an American government administrator and housing specialist who served as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2014 to 2017. Donovan is also the former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, serving from 2009 to 2014. Prior to this, he headed the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. On December 13, 2008, in his weekly national radio address, President-elect Barack Obama announced that he would appoint Donovan to his cabinet. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate through unanimous consent on January 22, 2009 and sworn-in on January 26. On July 28, 2014 he was succeeded as Secretary by Julian Castro, former Mayor of San Antonio. On July 10, 2014 he was confirmed to be the next Director of the Office of Management and Budget. He was ceremonially sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden on August 5, 2014.
Born in New York, Donovan holds three degrees from Harvard University: an A.B. from Harvard College in 1987, a Master of Public Administration degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a Master of Architecture degree from the Graduate School of Design in 1995.
Donovan worked on private sector initiatives to finance affordable housing, and researched and wrote about the preservation of federally assisted housing as a visiting scholar at New York University.
As a consultant, Donovan advised the Millennial Housing Commission on strategies for increasing multifamily housing development.
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