Verma, who is the daughter of Indian immigrants, is Trump's pick as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Verma, a founder of a health policy consulting firm, is an Indiana resident, who has close ties to Vice-President elect Mike Pence after she designed the state's Obamacare Medicaid expansion model.
"I am pleased to nominate Seema Verma to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services," Trump said in a statement. "She has decades of experience advising on Medicare and Medicaid policy and helping states navigate our complicated systems."
Verma, a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, served as the Indiana's health reform lead following the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010.
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