Dave Tovar is the senior vice president of communications and government relations for Grubhub.

He is responsible for all external and internal communications, including consumer public relations, policy communications, brand reputation, crisis and issues management and employee communications. He also oversees the company’s political, legislative and regulatory agenda at the federal, state and local levels.

Prior to Grubhub, Dave served as the chief corporate relations officer for McDonald’s USA. Earlier in his career, he was the chief communications officer at Walmart and Sprint.

He serves on the board of advisors for the University of Southern California Annenberg Center for Public Relations and the dean’s leadership council for the University of South Carolina College of Information and Communications. Dave received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware.