Bob Leavitt is stepping down as chief human capital officer at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after working at the agency for seven years.
Leavitt will be moving to the private sector, according to a LinkedIn post announcing his departure.
The agency has not announced a replacement.
In his role at HHS, Leavitt was responsible for recruiting, developing, and retaining the agency’s workforce and “advancing and maintaining the health and safety of the American people.”
Before HHS, Leavitt led the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Human Resource Transformation from its inception in 2016 and served as the chief human capital officer at USAID for four years.
“The consistent and collaborative implementation of the multi-year strategy and action plan strengthened the Agency’s investment in its global workforce, including a twenty percent increase the Agency’s workforce levels and improved customer service,” HHS said of Leavitt’s contributions.
Leavitt received his Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and English from the University of New Hampshire and holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University and a Master of Advanced Military Arts and Sciences from the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth.
