Chris Pallozola

Chris Pallozola serves as the executive director for the American Academy on Communication in Healthcare and managing editor of Medical Encounter. Before joining Drake & Company she was Director of Special Events & Marketing for the Arts & Education Council in St. Louis and previously served as Executive Director of the Cahokia Mounds Museum Society. She also spent more than 15 years in the retail industry as a store manager and purchasing agent. Her photography has been used in Illinois tourism marketing.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from the University of Missouri-Columbia and taught high school English. She is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and has been a consultant to the Nonprofit Leadership Academy.  She is listed in Who’s Who in American and Who’s Who in American Women.