Robin Higgins

Robin L. Higgins is a former Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

A native of the Bronx, New York, Higgins graduated from North Shore High School in Glen Head, and received a bachelor's degree from State University of New York at Oneonta, and a master's degree from C.W. Post College of Long Island University. She also studied at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Higgins is a 20-year veteran of the Marine Corps, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.

During the George H. W. Bush administration, Higgins was Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training at the U.S. Department of Labor. While there, she served on the Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Women Veterans and the Department of Defense's Defense Conversion Commission.

Florida Governor Jeb Bush appointed Higgins as executive director of the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs in January 1999.

On April 30, 2001, President George W. Bush nominated Higgins to the post of Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs. Confirmed by the Senate confirmed by the Senate May 24, 2001. The Undersecretary for Memorial Affairs runs the National Cemetery Administration.

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