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Portrait of Elizabeth Chen

Chen, Elizabeth

SecretaryExecutive Office of Health and Human Services
  • Agency Executive Office of Health and Human Services
  • Division Executive Office of Aging and Independence
  • Title Secretary
  • Address One Ashburton Place, 5th Floor
    Boston, MA 2108
  • Phone 617-727-7750

Official Record

  • Year Started Current Position 2019
  • Years in Current Position 8

Personal Information

  • Town of Residence Lexington, MA

Education & Career

  • Education
    • BA, Yale University
    • MBA, University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School
    • MPH, Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health
    • PhD (Gerontology), University of Massachusetts’ McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies
  • Previous Employment
    • Assistant Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH)
    • President and Trustee of the New England College of Optometry and New England Eye Institute
    • President and CEO of biotech companies Circe Biomedical and Marathon Biopharmaceuticals