Mary Beth Cahill has been named interim CEO of the Democratic National Committee after chief executive Jess O’Connell’s announcement Monday that she would be stepping down after less than a year in the role, according to a report.

Cahill, one of former Secretary of State John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign managers, will take over the day-to-day operations of the party’s governing body from mid-February to about May as DNC chairman Tom Perez searches for his second CEO, per CNN.