The Clinton Foundation announced on Wednesday that Donna Shalala, president of the University of Miami and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, will become the organization’s president and chief executive officer.
“Donna has more than 30 years of experience improving communities and changing lives for the better – as a scholar, leader in health care, and university president. We are excited that she intends to join the Clinton Foundation as President and Chief Executive Officer after she completes her final year as President of the University of Miami,” Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton said in a statement. “Her leadership will enable the Clinton Foundation to build on our nearly 15 years of helping millions of people around the world live their best life story, and we have no doubt that she will be a great asset in strengthening the Clinton Foundation’s future.”
Shalala announced in September that she would step down at the end of the school year.
The foundation has been in the news lately for its acceptance of foreign donations as Hillary Clinton begins to ramp up what is expected to be her second presidential campaign.
McClatchy reported that more than 40 percent of the foundation’s top donors are based in foreign countries. The charity has received millions of dollars in donations from foreign governments, businesses, individuals and non-governmental organizations around the globe.
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