David Padrino has been named chief transformation and strategy officer at the Internal Revenue Service, a recently created role that will spearhead improvement at the agency following funding from the Inflation Reduction Act.
He has spent more than two decades working in a variety of other leadership roles across local, state and federal governments as well as in the private sector.
"David brings critical experience and insight that the IRS needs to help transform the agency and make improvements for taxpayers at a critical time for our nation's tax system," IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said in a statement. "He will work closely with our IRS leadership teams to focus on making short-term and long-term improvements called for under our new strategic operating plan."
Since last year, Padrino served as the Office of Personnel Management's chief transformation officer. Prior to that, he worked in 2021 and 2022 at OPM to help revitalize the Office of Human Capital Data Management & Modernization.
He also served as the chief recovery officer for the Colorado Attorney General in 2020 and 2021, working on pandemic response efforts. From 2014 to 2019, Padrino worked with then-Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper as chief performance officer as well as chief of staff to the lieutenant governor. Padrino successfully led initiatives to improve government service delivery.
He worked in the private sector with the Boston Consulting Group from 2007 to 2014, including working on more than 25 projects in 10 countries and for clients in private, public and nonprofit sectors, including in technology, consumer goods, financial services and health care. (Werfel also worked for Boston Consulting Group in between stints leading the IRS.)
Padrino graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with an MBA, and received a BA from Vassar College.
