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As Hillary Rodham Clinton preparing her way to 2016 presidential campaign, the philanthropy organization Clinton Foundation is getting new president and chief executive officer.

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala has been tapped to run the Clinton Foundation as Hillary Rodham Clinton prepares for her expected 2016 presidential campaign and the philanthropy faces scrutiny of its fundraising practices. Former President Bill Clinton said Friday, that he had chosen Shalala, the outgoing president of the University of Miami, during a weekend meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative University in Coral Gables, Florida.

"I don't know in my long life that I ever worked with anybody who had quite the combination of policy knowledge and concern, political skills, a personal touch with people, a sense of innate fairness," the former president said. "She's a remarkable person."

Shalala served as secretary of Health and Human Services during the Bill Clinton’s Presidentship for eight years and became the university's president in 2001. A prodigious fundraiser, she has raised nearly $3 billion during her 14-year tenure and is expected to begin leading the foundation in June.

Shalala has remained a close friend of the Clinton couple. She served for 15 years along with Hillary Clinton on the board of the Children's Defense Fund and was the longest-serving HHS secretary under Bill Clinton.

The foundation's previous CEO, Eric Braverman, announced his departure in January. It has been run on an interim basis by Maura Pally, a longtime aide to the Clintons.

The Clinton Foundation, founded by the former president Bill Clinton in 2001, the organization has been serving the people especially the needy across the globe. The organization is striving to combat AIDS in Africa and to provide higher standards in education.
Source: ABC News

-Kannamsai