Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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Sylvia Mary Burwell is an American government and non-profit executive who is president of the Harvard Board of Overseers and was the 15th president of American University from 2017 to 2024. Burwell w
Official portrait, 2014
Kathryn Ruemmler, Jack Lew, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, and Alyssa Mastromonaco update President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on the government shutdown, October 1, 2013.
Rural Council meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House, February 3, 2016. From left to right: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, President Barack Obama, and Burwell.
Jonathan R. Alger
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Jonathan Roberts Alger is an American lawyer and academic who was the president of American University. Alger became the university's 16th president on July 1, 2024. He previously served as James Madi
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
…A search committee was formed to find Burwell's successor. In March 2024, the University announced it had selected James Madison University President, Jonathan Alger to become American University's 16th President. Burwell stated she intends to continue working as a distinguished lecturer for AU's Sine Institute for…
Alger in 2019