Washington ( CNN ) -- Desiree Rogers , the White House social secretary , plans to step down , the Obama administration announced Friday . Her office came under scrutiny after a couple who lacked an invitation were allowed into President Obama 's first state dinner . `` We are enormously grateful to Desiree Rogers for the terrific job she 's done as the White House social secretary , '' the president and first lady said in a statement released Friday . In an interview on Friday , Rogers said she was leaving voluntarily and that her decision was unrelated to the fallout over the security breach . `` It has nothing to do with that , '' she said . `` It 's Secret Service 's job to handle security . Not the social secretary 's office . '' The Obamas ' statement did not mention November 's party-crashing incident . `` When she took this position , we asked Desiree to help make sure that the White House truly is the people 's house , and she did that by welcoming scores of everyday Americans through its doors , from wounded warriors to local schoolchildren to NASCAR drivers . `` She organized hundreds of fun and creative events during her time here , and we will miss her . We thank her again for her service and wish her all the best in her future endeavors . '' Rogers said in an e-mail to CNN on Friday , `` It has been incredible setting the foundation for the [ White House ] for this historical presidency . Headed back to private sector . '' `` I accomplished initially what I came to do , '' Rogers said later . `` I like strategy . I like building something . It 's built ... the foundation of the [ social secretary 's ] office is good and solid . '' Rogers would not say where she 'll be working . She said she 'll be `` around to work on the transition '' to a new social secretary at the White House . She summed up her experiences at the White House in another note : `` 330 events . Halloween for 3,000 . Easter egg roll for 30,000 . Music series with performances and the performers teaching the students during the day . Latin , jazz , country , civil rights. `` In December , the White House was accused of stonewalling as Congress investigated the party-crasher security breach at Obama 's first state dinner . At issue was whether the White House was protecting Rogers from testifying about how Tareq and Michaele Salahi were able to crash the first White House state dinner . The couple did not have an invite but were allowed in . Rogers ' office planned the dinner . At the time , Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan said his agency would take the heat for the incident . `` This is our fault and our fault alone , '' he told federal lawmakers . `` There 's no other people to blame here . ... Look at me and blame me , '' he told members of the House Homeland Security Committee . CNN 's Ed Henry , Suzanne Malveaux and John King contributed to this report .
' Rogers came under scrutiny after White House staff dinner . She says her behavior is unrelated to the fallout over the security breach . ` ` went back to private sector , '' she says in e - mail . ` ` We are enormously grateful ... for the terrific job she 's done , '' Obamas say .