CVS names legal expert as strategy VP

Woonsocket, R.I. - Mary Langowski has been named executive VP for strategy, policy and market development for CVS Health, effective Oct. 14. In this role, Langowski will direct CVS Health's strategy and market development functions, with a focus on identifying and expanding enterprise opportunities to new markets.



Her portfolio will also include leading the company's government affairs and policy development teams at the state and federal level, providing strategic counsel.



Langowski will join CVS Health from international law firm DLA Piper, where she serves as the chair of the Health Care Policy and Regulatory Practice and the co-chair of the Food and Beverage Sector. Langowski's experience spans the private, non-profit, and public sectors.



Langowski served as a senior health care policy advisor for Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) from 2001-2004, and was the chief policy advisor at the Iowa Department of Public Health under Gov. Tom Vilsack.