Chief Executive Officer
Gagen MacDonald LLC

Maril MacDonald is the current President of the Arthur W. Page Society. Founder of Gagen MacDonald, Maril is a nationally recognized leader in the field of communications and strategy execution. She has pioneered a discipline that collaborates with corporate leaders to engage and mobilize stakeholders behind a company's strategic goals, its culture and its brand. Maril's clients include global organizations such as BASF, The Coca-Cola Company, Johnson & Johnson and United Airlines.

Maril previously served as Vice President, Corporate Communications, and was a member of the Executive Management Committee for International Truck and Engine Corporation (formerly Navistar). In addition to leading communication and brand strategy for International, Maril worked closely with CEO John Horne to direct the company's highly successful cultural transformation, a key factor in that company's turnaround which placed it on the Wall Street Journal's "Top 10 Performers" list and Business Week's "Top 50 Companies".

Prior to joining International, Maril was a Vice President, Communications, for Pitman-Moore Inc., the then leading international animal health company. There she led a global initiative across 120 countries to leverage the strengths of several key acquisitions under one brand, corporate identity, and ethical packaging system. Previously, she held leadership positions in operations, as well as communications, government affairs, and human resources with Bayer USA Inc., and The Standard Oil Company/British Petroleum. Her broad range of corporate experience has allowed her to claim "the white space between the silos" as her ultimate functional expertise.

Maril was named by PR Week one of "the 50 Most Powerful Women in PR" and recognized as a "PR All-Star" by Inside PR. She's a member of the Board of Directors of the Arthur W. Page Society and the Institute for Public Relations.