Derica W. Rice

Former Executive Vice President, CVS Health Corporation / Former President, CVS Caremark

Background 

Derica W. Rice is the former Executive Vice President of CVS Health Corporation, a provider of health services and plans in the United States, and former President of CVS Caremark, the pharmacy benefits management business of CVS Health Corporation. He served in those positions from March 2018 to February 2020. Mr. Rice previously held several other executive level positions over nearly three decades with Eli Lilly and Company, a pharmaceutical company, including Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Global Services. 

Skills and qualifications 

Mr. Rice provides the Board with retail industry experience, senior leadership, human capital management, capital deployment, global supply chain, information security / data privacy, financial management, risk management, reputation management, and environmental, social, and governance skills developed over his more than 30 years of service with escalating levels of responsibility across finance and operations at Eli Lily and CVS. As Executive Vice President of CVS Health Corporation and President of CVS Caremark he was responsible for many of the functions requiring those skills. In addition, his service on other public company boards has enhanced those skills and strengthens the Board’s collective oversight capability. He also has experience with the roles and responsibilities of different board committees through current or prior service on the audit, compensation, and nominating and governance committees of other public company boards.

Other public company boards
 

Current Within past five years Other past boards

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 

The Carlyle Group Inc. 

The Walt Disney Company 

None 

Target Corporation(1) 

(1) Mr. Rice previously served on our Board from September 2007 to January 2018.