The White House's communications director for health reform announced Thursday that she will be leaving her post.
Linda Douglass, a former correspondent for ABC News and contributing editor for National Journal, joined Barack Obama's presidential campaign in May 2008.
"It has been a tremendous honor to serve the President, and leaving this great team is bittersweet, Douglass said in a written statement. "After nearly 2 years of work that has been exhilarating and grueling in equal measure, I am going to step off the treadmill for awhile and rediscover the experience of dining with my husband on a regular basis."
The health reform bill, Obama's top domestic priority, was signed into law on March 23.
"Linda has been and will continue to be a valued advisor to this President and this White House," said White House communications director Dan Pfieffer. "She was instrumental in the passage of historic health reform. We'll miss her hard work and the cheer she brought to the effort."
She is expected to leave the White House before summer.
NBC's Chuck Todd and Athena Jones contributed to this report.
