Rochelle Walensky resigned Friday from her position as the head of the CDC, citing the end of the Covid-19 pandemic as an optimal transition point to turn over the reins to a successor.

Walensky’s last day will be June 30. An interim CDC director has not yet been announced.

“I have never been prouder of anything I have done in my professional career,” Walensky wrote in a statement announcing her resignation.

Walensky, 54, came on to run the CDC two years ago as the country was navigating the latter half of the Covid pandemic. A career infectious-disease specialist, Walensky had no experience running government agencies when she was tapped by President Biden.

Walensky’s last day will be June 30. An interim CDC director has not yet been announced.{ai:summary}<p>The head honcho of the CDC, Rochelle Walensky, has called it quits. She says that with Covid on the decline, it's time for someone else to take control. Her farewell is set for June 30th, and an interim leader has yet to be named. Walensky says that her time at the CDC has been the crowning achievement of her career.</p><p>Walensky was a greenhorn when President Biden chose her to run the agency. Her background was in infectious diseases, not button-pushin' bureaucracy.  But she made the jump and stuck the landing, guiding the country through the tail end of the pandemic. And while we're sad to see her go, we doff our hats to the fine work she's done.</p>

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky Steps Down

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