CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has tapped Mary Wakefield to help “reset” the agency after its public failures handling the covid pandemic. Those who know Wakefield say her high standards ...

Meet Mary Wakefield, the Nurse Administrator Tasked with Revamping the CDC Dr. Rochelle Walensky, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has tapped Mary Wakefield to help “reset ...

Mary Wakefield's days in Washington, D.C., start early. The Devils Lake native--and the acting deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services--is up before 4 a.m., getting a ...

Mary Wakefield, 68, who headed the Health Resources and Services Administration during the Obama administration, has already started work this week as a senior counselor to implement the changes ...

Mary Wakefield, who was born and educated in Minnesota's northwest neighbor, is a nurse and veteran health care administrator who served as acting deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of ...

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has tapped Mary Wakefield — an Obama administration veteran and nurse — to helm a major revamp of the sprawling agency and its multibillion-dollar budget.

Mary Wakefield, then the deputy secretary of Health and Human Services, speaks at an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington in this April 2016 photo. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto via ...

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has tapped Mary Wakefield to help “reset” the agency after its public failures handling the covid pandemic. Those who know Wakefield say her high standards ...

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has tapped Mary Wakefield — an Obama administration veteran and nurse — to helm a major revamp of the sprawling agency and its multibillion-dollar budget.