Cook County Chief Financial Officer Ammar Rizki is set to move to the Obama Foundation next month. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Three of Cook County’s most senior officials were showered with praise on Thursday for steering the county’s finances and public health efforts through the tumult of the COVID-19 pandemic as all three head for the exits, opening up a new chapter as county leaders look to the 2023 budget and the 2022-26 elected term.