S. Anthony McCann

E X P E R I E N C E     S U M M A R Y Proven record of accomplishment at the most senior levels of both the executive and legislative branches of federal and state governments in health, social service, labor and education policy and highly technical areas such as budgeting, financial management, information technology, strategic planning, grants and procurement. Managed geographically dispersed staffs ranging from 5 to 7,600. Senior level appointments with not-for-profit organizations.  Background in international humanitarian assistance. Employment Chronology 02/2007-04/2009 Chief Financial Officer, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health & Human Services Rockville, MD HRSA works to fill in the health care gaps for people who live outside the economic and medical mainstream. As HRSA's chief financial officer, McCann oversees the agency's $7 billion (FY 2007) budget. Those funds help expand access to quality health care through an array of grants to state and local governments, health care providers and health professions training programs. 10/2004-01/2007 Secretary, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Baltimore, MD Served as the State Health Officer and managed the State’s Medicaid and public health programs, its 15 hospitals and residential facilities and its health regulatory functions; Successfully implemented federal policies including Medicare Part D and immigrant documentation; reorganized and strengthened the Office of the Inspector General, began the installation of a health care quality program and strengthened overall management of and implemented innovative health care programs; Provided policy and management leadership to a staff of 7,600 with a budget of over $7 billion;. 01/2001-10/2004 Director of Financial Affairs Office of the Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC Monitored budget formulation and execution and other administrative processes for Smithsonian museums such as the National Museum of American History, National Museum of the American Indian, the Folklife Festival as well as the institution’s financial, Information Technology, procurement, Human Resources and facilities activities; Provided support and oversight from the Deputy Secretary’s Office for the construction of the Udvar-Hazy Center and the National Museum of the American Indian, and The renovation of the Patent Office Building and the National Museum of American History with budgets totaling $1 billion;   01/1995-01/2001 Clerk/Staff Director, Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives Washington DC Served as Staff Director of the subcommittee with jurisdiction over the major Federal health, human service, education, labor and income security programs appropriating $400 billion for these activities each year; Dealt directly with the Chairman, Ranking Member and other members on a broad range of issues and provided liaison to authorizing committees, OMB, leadership offices and the Senate. 03/1993-01/1995 Deputy Director, American International Health Alliance Washington DC Responsible for the development and operation of accounting and financial controls, grants management, information technology, personnel and other activities for a central office and four regional offices in Croatia, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan; 04/1989-01/1993 Assistant Secretary for Finance and Information Resources Management Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Washington DC Provided Department-wide policy and directly managed finance, budget, information technology, strategic planning activities. Supervised the installation of modern financial and payroll systems. Managed the Department's corporate data and finance centers; Developed and implemented the Department of Veterans Affairs strategic planning process and supervised the office charged with initiating these reforms throughout the VA; Advised the Secretary on all budgetary, financial and information technology issues relating to health care, Veterans’ benefits,  educational programs and other activities of the Department.  Acted as the VA spokesman on the budget and the budget process for briefings to the media, interest groups, and the Congress; Supervised the successful installation of a modern financial system and supervised the Department's $600 million information technology program. Established the Departments first strategic planning office. 04/1986-03/1989 Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Washington DC DHHS Chief Budget, Financial, Information Resources Management, Procurement and Management official formulating and executing a budget of over $400 Billion for a full time staff of 117,000  directly supervising a budget of $90 million and staff of 700; Advised the Secretary on policy matters affecting health, income security and social service activities within the Department as part of senior management, as a member of the Policy Council and through the budget process. 04/1981-03/1986 Senior Health Analyst & Division Leader Committee on the Budget, U.S. Senate Washington DC   07/1979-04/1981 Visiting Professor/Assistant Director, Government Affairs Institute, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Washington, DC   04/1973-07/1979 Program Director for Health Programs, National  Association of  Counties Washington, DC   04/1972-04/1973 Research Technician, Onondaga County Executive Department Syracuse, N.Y   01/1970-04/1973 Instructor Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. E D U C A T I O N     &    C E R T I F I C A T I O N S 06/1969 - SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: Master of Arts. 06/1966 - LAKE FOREST COLLEGE, Lake Forest, Illinois: Bachelor of Arts MISCELLANY Teaching Activities: Georgetown University, Liberal Studies Program; Budget and Public Policy. (‘93-date) Trinity College (’89) Memberships Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration (2005-date) Board of Directors, AcademyHealth (2005-date) Member, Secretary of Health and Human Services’ National Commission on Medicaid  (2005-6) Commissioner, President’s Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation’s Veterans (2002-5) Lake Forest College Board of Trustees; Chairman, Academic Affairs Committee (’98-‘06) Alumni Board, Montgomery College (2005-date) Vice chairman and member of the Executive Committee, President's Council on Management Improvement (‘91-2); Executive Committee, Chief Financial Officer's Council (‘89-92); Member (ex officio), President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency (‘91-2) Task Force on Long Range Planning and Resource Allocation, Montgomery County Public Schools (‘90-91). Assignments Assigned for six months to serve as the acting Chief Administrative Officer of the United States House of Representatives. (‘96)