Roger Bolton

Roger Bolton is the former CEO of Page, the premier global professional association for senior corporate communication executives, which helps its members serve as strategic advisors dedicated to improving business and society. He is also a former chair of the Page Board of Trustees.

Previously, Roger served as senior vice president of communication at Aetna, where he also chaired Aetna’s Council for Organizational Effectiveness, leading culture change in a strategic business transformation that helped the company widen access to affordable, high-quality health care. Before Aetna, Roger led IBM’s global media relations and directed communication for the IBM server and software groups.

Prior to his business career, Roger had numerous government roles, focused largely on improving economic opportunity for U.S. and global citizens. He was assistant secretary of the Treasury for public affairs under President George H.W. Bush; assistant U.S. trade representative for public affairs under President Reagan; and special assistant to President Reagan in the White House, with responsibility for the president’s relations with business. He also was press secretary to the Congressional Joint Economic Committee and chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Clarence J. Brown Jr.

Roger currently serves on the boards of Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication at Pennsylvania State University and The Ohio State University School of Communications.