Rita M. Landgraf, 2015 Women of Distinction Honoree
Honorary Co-Chairs:
Carol Ammon, Former CEO and Chairman, Endo Pharmaceuticals, 2007 Woman of Distinction Honoree
Dr. Janice E. Nevin, President and CEO, Christiana Care
Join us as we honor our 16th Woman of Distinction, Rita Landgraf, who has been the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services for Delaware since 2009. As Secretary, she leads the principal agency charged with keeping Delawareans healthy, ensuring they get the health care they need, and providing children, families and seniors with the essential human services they depend on. Under her leadership, DHSS has provided a wide range of services from health care to child care, to benefits assistance to help families weather the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, all while helping to coordinate the State response to health care reform efforts and responding to the fast changing aging demographics of Delaware. Secretary Landgraf envisions a Delaware community, which is responsive to all citizens including the aging and those with disabilities and a DHSS that enhances service delivery, mobility options, affordable housing, early childhood education, employment, access to health care and life-enriching opportunities, which would enable citizens to remain and thrive in their communities.