Bolton Named Arthur Page President Following Hood’s Departure

Roger Bolton has been named president of the Arthur W. Page Society, taking the reins from Julia Hood, who is returning to her old stomping ground, Haymarket Media, to serve as EVP and board member. Haymarket owns PRWeek. She will oversee that publication as well as DMNews beginning November 21.

Bolton has served as the chairman of the organization and on the board of trustees. He was also co-chair of the Society’s “Authentic Enterprise” report, which he talked about with us back in January. He was previously the SVP of comms at Aetna, has served as secretary of the Treasury for public affairs during the George H.W. Bush, and worked in the Reagan administration.

In this new role, Bolton be working with the Society’s chairman, FedEx’s Bill Margaritis. Margaritis will turn over that position to IBM SVP of marcomms Jon Iwata on January 1, 2012.

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