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Rochelle Walensky
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Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Assumed office
January 20, 2021
President Joe Biden
Preceded by Robert Redfield
Personal details
Born
Rochelle Paula Bersoff

1969 (age 51–52)
Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education Washington University (BA)
Johns Hopkins University (MD)
Harvard University (MPH)

Rochelle Paula Walensky (born 1969) is an American medical scientist. She was the chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Walensky is an expert on AIDS and HIV.

In December 2020, Walensky was nominated to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Biden administration, replacing Robert R. Redfield.

Cabinet of President Joe Biden (2021–present)
 
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Director of the United States Domestic Policy Council
  • Rice (2021–present)
White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator
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White House Climate Coordinator
 
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Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Wray** (2017–present)
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Walensky (2021–present)
Chair of the Federal Reserve
President of the World Bank Group
*Pending Senate confirmation
**Kept/Stayed from the Trump administration
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