Joelle Parks

Joelle Parks has extensive experience in the healthcare and media sectors, currently serving as Director of Optum Rx Sales at Optum since January 2015, where leadership has driven growth and innovation initiatives. Prior roles at Optum include Director of Sales Strategy & Business Development and Associate Director of Growth Solutions & Delivery, focusing on team collaboration and strategic engagement with over 5,800 external partners. Previous experience includes roles as a Manager of Employee & Client Engagement, Talent Systems Specialist at UnitedHealth Group, and Project Manager at Catamaran, all contributing to organizational development and change management. Additionally, Joelle possesses a background in journalism as a Writer/Producer at TouchVision TV and an Anchor/Reporter at NBC2/ABC7, with early reporting roles at ABC17/FOX39 and CBS3. Joelle holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and studied Spanish Language and Literature at Universidad de Sevilla.