2026 Page Center Awards
On March 23, 2026, the ninth annual Arthur W. Page Center Awards honored leaders who exhibit integrity through their work as communicators. These icons of integrity are recognized for building trust over their careers by ethically and responsibly communicating with the public.
The ninth annual Page Center Awards will recognized Kaitlan Collins, chief White House correspondent and anchor at CNN; Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic; Hubert Joly, Harvard Business School faculty member and former CEO of Best Buy; and Kelli Parsons, CEO of Avoq.
March 23, 2026
Virtual Event
Sponsorships
Corporate sponsors play an important role in keeping the Page Center Awards free for students, faculty, young professionals and executives across the globe. Their support also directly funds innovative and timely research by Page Center scholars. A sponsorship is an ideal opportunity for an organization to showcase its commitment to integrity in public communication. There are a number of recognition benefits for high-level sponsors.
The event is an educational and inspiring celebration of integrity at the highest levels of public communication. Sponsors are recognized and thanked before, during and after the ceremony.
The Bill Nielsen 'Impact through Integrity' Endowment
The Page Center launched the Bill Nielsen "Impact through Integrity" Endowment to honor its long-time board member and advocate Bill Nielsen. Bill chaired the Center's advisory board for more than 10 years. During that time, he was a voice for building public trust in our institutions and an inspiring proponent of the truth as a leader, mentor and communicator. To honor his legacy, this endowment aligns its purpose with the principles Bill often spoke about. These areas include values-driven leadership, integrating scholarly work with the practice, and building a foundation for the next generation of public communicators.
Through the endowment, the Page Center will support initiatives that augments each of these areas. That includes creating educational opportunities focused on ethics and integrity, building bridges between scholars and practitioners, funding research that addresses responsible communication strategies across industries and organizing outreach opportunities that strengthen ethics in public communication.
Donations
This 2026 event will be free to watch online. Please consider making a donation to support the program. Your donation will also help to fund timely, innovative research conducted by Page Center scholars.
(NOTE: The donation page is run by Penn State.)
Special Thank You to our Platinum Sponsor
Thank you to our Gold Sponsors
Thank You to our Friends of the Page Center
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APCO
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Avoq
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Roger Bolton
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Kelli Parsons
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Gagen MacDonald
About the Center
The Arthur W. Page Center is dedicated to the study and advancement of ethics and responsibility in corporate communication and other forms of public communication. Since its 2004 founding, the Page Center has become an international leader in research on ethics and integrity in public communication. Over the past 20 years, the Center has funded nearly 350 scholars and awarded more than $1 million in research funding. Visit the Page Center website for more information about the Center and its many initiatives.
Page Center Advisory Board
Roger Bolton
- Former president and CEO, Page Society
- Former senior vice president of communications, Aetna
Denise Bortree
- Page Center director
- Professor and interim dean of the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
Sandra Clark
- CEO, StoryCorps
- Former vice president for news and civic dialogue, WHYY
Suki Dardarian
- Former editor and senior vice president, Minneapolis' Star Tribune
Ellyn Fisher
- Senior vice president of marketing and communications, The Ad Council
Rochelle Ford
- President and CEO, Page Society
- Ex-officio member
Aedhmar Hynes
- Board director, IP Group Plc and Jackson Family Wines
- Former CEO, Text100
Margery Kraus
- Founder and executive chairman, APCO
William Margaritis
- Business consultant and investor
- Former senior executive for Hilton Worldwide and FedEx Corporation
Tom Martin
- Executive-in-residence, Department of Communication at the College of Charleston
- Former vice president of corporate communications, FedEx
John Nichols
- Founding director, Page Center
- Emeritus professor, Bellisario College of Communications
John Onoda
- Principal, iQ 360 Inc.
- Former senior leader, Levi Strauss & Co., General Motors, Visa USA and Charles Schwab
Rachel Pell
- Vice President of Strategic Communications, Penn State
- Ex-officio member
Andy Polansky
- Former executive chairman, Weber Shandwick
- Former chairman and CEO, IPG DXTRA
Aimee Rinehart
- Senior product manager AI strategy, The Associated Press
- Former deputy director New York Bureau, First Draft
Gary Sheffer
- Chair of Page Center advisory board
- Former vice president of corporate communications and public affairs, General Electric
Michael Sneed
- Former executive vice president of global corporate affairs and chief communication officer at Johnson & Johnson
Charlene Wheeless
- Senior advisor for equity and justice, APCO Worldwide
- Formerly held VP roles at Bechtel Corporation, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, and American Management Systems
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