David serves as communications lead for Aggie Square. Prior to joining UC Davis in October 2018, David was director of marketing and communications at UNC Children’s in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He also served as interim senior director for marketing and communications at the Medical Foundation of North Carolina, the philanthropic arm of UNC Hospitals and the UNC School of Medicine. In 2015, David founded Wescott Strategic Communications, an independent company specializing in crisis communications and stakeholder engagement. David spent 12 years at global public affairs firm APCO Worldwide, where he was Vice President/Director, Digital Strategy.

David has also served as an aide to a United States Senator, an executive director of a business advocacy organization, and a lead administrator of a pediatrics department in an academic medical center.

David served as an instructor for the Institute for Public Relations Leadership Forum for three consecutive years. He is a contributor to the PR News Media Training Guidebook. His work has been published in PR News, The Firm Voice, Public Relations Society of America’s The Strategist, and PRSA’s Public Relations Tactics.