Ruben J. King-Shaw, Jr., BS ILR '83, is Chairman and CEO of Mansa Equity Partners, Inc., private equity investors whose portfolio includes several healthcare companies. He serves on numerous corporate boards in the health insurance, finance and technology sectors. NYS Governor Pataki recently appointed Mr. King-Shaw to the NYS Commission on Facilities for the 21st Century, a broad based, non-partisan panel which will examine the needs and capacities of the health care system and make recommendations to right-size hospitals and nursing homes. He has also served as a senior advisor to President George W. Bush and Treasury Secretary John W. Snow on domestic economic issues, including commercial insurance market reform and health care tax credits. Until 2003, King-Shaw was COO and deputy administrator for the US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Prior to his federal government tenure, Mr. King-Shaw was Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. His international work includes consultation to the governments of Panama, South Africa, Jamaica, Haiti, Trinidad, and Tobago. King-Shaw has been an active supporter of ILR's diversity initiatives and has established, along with his wife, an endowment to support the School's programs in this area. He is a newly appointed member of the ILR Dean's Advisory Council. Read full biography

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• What I Do Now (mp3) (2:06)
• Deciding to Attend the ILR School: A Very Simple Choice (mp3) (2:02)
• "Ah ha!" Moments at ILR (mp3) (2:59)
• My ILR Experience Prepared Me For Life (mp3) (3:24)
• The Thing That Gives You A Thrill: Career Advice for Today's ILR Students (mp3) (3:18)
• A Tradition of Discussion and Social Engagement (mp3) (1:28)
• ILR: The Foundation for Graduate School, Business and Public Service (mp3) (2:38)
• Frustrations and Rewards (mp3) (1:43)

- Interview by Robert Julian