The Arthur W. Page Society announced that the Board of Trustees has voted unanimously to elect Maril MacDonald, CEO of Gagen MacDonald, to a second term as president of the Page Society. The society also announced election of trustees by the membership at its 25th Annual Conference, held from September 21-23, 2008, in Chatham, MA.

New trustee elected to finish the unexpired term (through December 31, 2010) of Jessica Stoltenberg, formerly of Merck, who resigned:

• David Samson, General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Chevron

New trustees elected to three-year terms beginning January 1, 2009:

• Michael A. Fernandez, Vice President, Public Affairs, State Farm Insurance
• Raymond C. Jordan, Corporate Vice President, Public Affairs & Corporate Communications, Johnson & Johnson
• Gary Sheffer, Executive Director, Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, General Electric Company

Trustees re-elected to three year terms:

• Roger Bolton, Senior Counselor, APCO Worldwide
• Angela A. Buonocore, Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer, of ITT Corporation
• Paul Capelli, Vice President, Public Relations, Staples
• Valerie Di Maria, Senior Vice President and Group Marketing and Communications Director, Willis Group Holdings Limited
• Matthew P. Gonring, Consultant, Gagen MacDonald
• Richard D. Jernstedt, Chief Marketing Officer, Executive Vice President and Senior Partner, Fleishman-Hillard
• Thomas J. Kowaleski, Vice President of Corporate Communications, BMW of North America, LLC
• Maril Gagen MacDonald, Chief Executive Officer, Gagen MacDonald
• James Scofield O'Rourke IV, Ph.D., Professor and Director - The Eugene D. Fanning Center, University of Notre Dame

The remainder of the board consists of the following trustees who were not up for re-election and whose terms continue through 2009 or 2010:

• Paul A. Argenti, Professor of Corporate Communication, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
• Catherine V. Babington, Vice President, Public Affairs, Abbott
• Peter D. Debreceny, Vice President Allstate Insurance Company (Retired)
• Robert DeFillippo, Chief Communications Officer - Global Communications, Prudential Financial, Inc.
• Gregory Elliott, Senior Vice President - Human Resources, Communications and Administration, Navistar, Inc.
• Kimberly Crews Goode, Vice President - Communications, Northwestern Mutual
• Harvey W. Greisman, Senior Vice President and Group Executive, Worldwide Communications, MasterCard Worldwide
• Nancy A. Hobor, Senior Vice President - Communications and Investor Relations, Grainger
• Aedhmar Hynes, CEO, Text 100
• Jon C. Iwata, SVP, Marketing and Communications, IBM Corporation
• Raymond L. Kotcher, Senior Partner - CEO, Ketchum
• Margery Kraus, President and Chief Executive Officer, APCO Worldwide
• William G. Margaritis, Corporate Vice President - Worldwide Communications and Investor Relations, FedEx Corporation
• Thomas R. Martin, Executive in Residence, The College of Charleston
• Anne M. McCarthy, EVP-Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, Western Union
• James E. Murphy, Chairman and CEO, Murphy & Co.
• W.D (Bill) Nielsen, Public Relations and Corporate Communications Counsel
• Helen Ostrowski, Chairman, Porter Novelli
• Kenneth B. Sternad, Vice President - Corporate Public Relations, UPS
• Donald K. Wright, Ph.D., Professor of Public Relations, Boston University

"I am honored to be asked to serve another term as president of the Page Society," MacDonald said, "and I look forward to continuing our efforts to increase the Page Society's influence as a thought leader, to expanding our membership globally, and to launching a new Future Leaders Program that will help prepare future chief communications officers for leadership. We have also launched a new initiative to examine and improve the membership experience.

"We continue to benefit from the dedicated expertise of our members, who volunteer considerable time on committees and task forces to bring these initiatives to reality. I'd like to thank the trustees in particular for their generosity with both time and talent.

"I would like to offer special recognition to Ann Barkelew, who is stepping down as a trustee at the end of this year after 15 years on the board. Ann's contributions to the Page Society during this period are unsurpassed. She chaired an annual conference, another committee and a task force and served on numerous others. Her leadership was instrumental in establishing the Page Society's diversity initiative and the Executive Forum. Ann received the Page Society's prestigious Distinguished Service Award in 2003. Although we will miss Ann's service on the board, we are delighted that we will continue to benefit from her experience and wisdom through her service on several committees," MacDonald said.

About the Arthur W. Page Society
The Arthur W. Page Society is a professional association composed primarily of the chief communications officers (CCOs) of the world's top multinational corporations, and the CEOs of the world's largest public relations agencies. The organization's members also include academics from the leading business and communications schools. The Page Society is dedicated to strengthening the management policy role of chief communications officers. The Page Society is upheld by management concepts, known as the Page Principles, which have been tested for more than half a century and have earned the support and respect of chief executive officers throughout the country. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Arthur W. Page Society.

For more information on the Arthur W. Page Society, please visit http://www.awpagesociety.com.

For more information contact:
Patricia Pincus
202.530.4539