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1991.05.01 :  Appointment -- Donna Givens

Contact:  Barbara Cebuhar (202) 401-9215
May 1, 1991

     HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., has announced the
appointment of Donna N. Givens as principal deputy assistant
secretary, Administration for Children and Families.
     The Administration for Children and Families is the recently
created HHS agency which merged the Office of Human Development
Services with the Family Support Administration.
     "Donna Givens brings to this new position over 20 years of
experience in federal, state and local human services programs. 
She will play a critical role in shaping programs and policies
which impact on the needs of America's children and families,"
Secretary Sullivan said.                                          
                 Prior to her appointment as the principal deputy
assistant secretary, Givens was the deputy assistant secretary
for the HHS Office of Human Development Services--an $8.8 billion
agency with programs serving the nation's children, youth and
families; people with developmental disabilities; and Native
Americans; and with funding to states for social services to help
low-income families.
     Before that, she was a member of President Bush's transition
team.  Prior to that, she was a senior associate with the
consulting firm of Eddie Mahe, Jr. and Associates in Washington,
D.C.  She also has been a manager for the Loudoun County
Department of Social Services, Leesburg, Va., and did social work
in Newport News, Va.

     She is a graduate of Wake Forest University in Winston-
Salem, N.C., and is a native of Reidville, N.C.



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