Desiree Rogers stepping down as WH social secretary

White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers will leave her job next month, the White House confirmed Friday.

Rogers hosted 330 events in 14 months on the job, according to the Chicago Sun-Times who first reported the story, and said that she had accomplished her goal of making the White House a more open place.

"When she took this position, we asked Desiree to help make sure that the White House truly is the People’s House," President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama said in a statement. "She did that by welcoming scores of everyday Americans through its doors, from wounded warriors to local schoolchildren to NASCAR drivers.

But Rogers also came under fire last November after Virginia socialites Michaele and Tareq Salahi crashed the White House's first state dinner.

Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee demanded that Rogers testify as to how they gained entry into the event. 

But White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said in December that Rogers would not testify at hearings due to separation of powers. 

"As we turn the corner on the first year," Rogers told Sun-Times columnist Lynn Sweet, "this is a good time for me to explore opportunities in the corporate world."