Elected: 2021
Current Term Ends: 2025
Committees: Finance & Investment (vice chair)
Chris Palmieri has spent nearly 30 years leading healthcare organizations focused on delivering care to individuals who are covered by public programs. Chris Palmieri is the founder and General Partner of Winter Street Ventures which focuses on investing in disruptive tech-enabled services companies aiming to simplify and improve the healthcare delivery and services industry.
Prior to Winter Street Ventures, Chris led Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA) for 10 years, a $3 billion insurer that he grew to operate in four states and serve hundreds of thousands of individuals who are covered by Medicare and/or Medicaid. Prior to joining CCA, Chris served as CEO of Remedy Partners, a national bundled payment company. He also served as CEO of Visiting Nurse Service of New York Health Plans for 10 years, where he successfully created a $2.5 billion safety-net insurance company. Additionally, over nearly 10 additional years, Chris held other senior positions with Amerigroup Corporation, Metropolitan Jewish Health System, and Faxton-St. Luke’s Health Care/Mohawk Valley Network.
Chris has served on the Board of Directors of the American Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and was the Chair, for six years, of the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP), a national trade association representing nearly 80 health plans across the Unites States. Previously, he founded and served on the board of the National Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) Association, a consortium of leading managed care organizations serving state Medicaid programs and beneficiaries. In addition, Chris has served on private company boards of Harmony Cares and was chair of Healthify.
Chris earned his Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration from Ithaca College.