Arthur Hodges is chief of staff and executive vice president of communications at CoBank, a Denver-based financial services institution with over $150 billion in assets serving agribusinesses, rural utilities and other business customers across the United States. Mr. Hodges has responsibility for the bank’s corporate communications, government affairs, economic research, strategic analysis and corporate social responsibility programs.

Previously, Mr. Hodges served in senior corporate communications roles at ProLogis, a global industrial real estate company, and Level 3 Communications, a global Internet service provider. Earlier in his career he was a journalist with a number of daily newspapers and other print publications, including the Denver Post. He was on the team of reporters and editors awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the Post’s coverage of the Columbine High School shooting in 1999.

Mr. Hodges is a graduate of Harvard University