Victor Palmieri

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Victor Henry Palmieri (born February 16, 1930) is an American lawyer, real estate financier and corporate turnaround specialist. He was also Ambassador at Large and U.S. Coordinator for Refugee Affairs in the United States Department of State during the Jimmy Carter administration.

Born in Chicago, he earned his A.B. and LL.B. from Stanford University. He was admitted to the California Bar in 1954 and was based in Malibu, California. Palmieri was also the chief executive officer of The Palmieri Company, a general management consulting firm that has specialized in large-scale reorganizations and restructurings since 1969.

His work during the Vietnam War landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents.

He is the vice chairman and general counsel of MullinTBG, a leading executive benefits consulting firm located in Los Angeles, CA. He has been a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation and president of the Lincoln Center Theater. He is also on the boards of directors of Phillips Petroleum, Arvida Corporation, Pennsylvania Company, Outlet Communications, the William Carter Company, M Financial Group, and Broadcasting Partners.

He has taught courses on corporate crisis management at Stanford Law School and at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.