CDC Director Nominee Pledges to Leave Other Positions, Sell Stocks If Confirmed

President Donald Trump’s latest nominee to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a newly released ethics disclosure that she will sell stock and resign from the positions she holds if senators confirm her to lead the public health agency.
Dr. Erica Schwartz said in the filing, dated June 16 and released by the government on June 22, that she would resign from her job with UnitedHealth Group upon being confirmed.
Schwartz said that in that scenario, the insurance company would provide her with a payment equivalent to one year’s salary, as well as a bonus, before becoming the CDC’s director….