David Palombi

Palombi is a respected leader in the communications space with extensive experience leading communications functions in financial services, healthcare and consulting. Most recently, he was the senior vice president and chief communications officer at CVS Health, one of the largest and most innovative health care organizations in the country. In this role, he was responsible for corporate reputation, public relations, executive and employee communications, crisis positioning, public affairs and corporate social media, including leading communications for the company's landmark decision to remove tobacco from all 8,000 CVS stores. Prior to that, he led corporate communications for the health insurance company WellPoint (now Anthem) during the debates over the Affordable Care Act, and for the secondary mortgage giant Freddie Mac during its multi-year $5 billion accounting restatement. Prior to that he led communications for two commercial banks: Barnett Banks, Inc. and The Riggs Bank of Washington, D.C. He also was Washington, D.C. bureau chief for a chain of newspapers based on the east coast.

Palombi holds a bachelor’s degree in English and journalism from the University of Delaware, and he is affiliated with The Arthur W. Page Society, Rhode Island Public Radio, The National Press Club and The Seminar. He will be relocating from Rhode Island to Minneapolis this summer.