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Sylvia Mary Burwell (née Mathews; born June 23, 1965) is an American government and non-profit executive who has been the 15th president of American University since June 1, 2017. Burwell is the first woman to serve as the university's president.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell is American University's 15th president and the first woman to serve as president. President Burwell is a broad-ranging, effective leader who has served at the highest levels of government, philanthropy, and academia.
A single person shut down the entire U.S. government for the first time in 17 years. Not a congressman, but an unelected woman named Sylvia Burwell who, as the relatively new director of the ...
Aug 8, 2023 · Sylvia M. Burwell, a former Obama administration secretary, is set to step down as American University's president at the end of the 2023-2024 school year.
Jul 1, 2017 · Throngs of people began gathering just before 9 a.m. The woman they were so eager to meet, AU president Sylvia Mathews Burwell, had arrived for her first day on the job—on a bicycle, with a pack strapped to her back—without fanfare an hour earlier.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell has served since 2017 as president of American University, where she has led efforts to more than double research funding, reinvent the student experience, and build inclusive excellence. Her career has spanned higher education, government, and the nonprofit world.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell leads AU as the 15th President of the University. The Office of the Provost, led by acting provost Vicky Wilkins, is the chief academic officer while the legal powers of the university are vested in the Board of Trustees.
