Peter Urbanowicz is a Managing Director and the Co-Head at Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) Public Sector Services. A former senior appointee in the federal government, corporate officer, board member, restructuring consultant and attorney, he has built and led highly functioning management teams and improved the financial performance and operations of leading healthcare organizations and government agencies. Urbanowicz returned to A&M in 2019 after serving as the Chief of Staff to Alex M. Azar II, the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Urbanowicz also served as HHS Deputy General Counsel for Secretary Tommy G. Thompson, where he was part of the team that drafted the historic legislation creating the Medicare Part D drug program and Medicare Advantage plans. Earlier in his career, Urbanowicz served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Tenet Healthcare Corporation. Prior to his service as HHS Deputy General Counsel, Urbanowicz was a partner in the law firm of Locke, Liddell & Sapp LLP. Urbanowicz earned his bachelor’s and law degrees from Tulane University. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute and is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, the State of Louisiana and the United States Supreme Court.
