John F.W. Rogers

Executive Vice President and Secretary to the Board Goldman Sachs

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

John F.W. Rogers has been an Executive Vice President of Goldman Sachs since 2011 and Secretary to the Board since 2001, and was the firm’s Chief of Staff for more than two decades until 2023. He sits on the Management Committee, co-chairs its regulatory reform steering group and chairs the Goldman Sachs Foundation. Before joining the firm in 1994 he had a long career in government, as an assistant to the President at the White House, assistant secretary of the Treasury and under secretary of state, and he received the Presidential Citizens Medal in 1985. He chairs the boards of the Atlantic Council and the White House Historical Association. Goldman Sachs ranked No. 36 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Career Highlights

• Executive Vice President of Goldman Sachs since April 2011.
• Secretary to the Board since December 2001.
• Chief of Staff, 2001 to 2023.
• Under secretary of the U.S. Department of State.
• Presidential Citizens Medal, 1985.

Professional Journey

Rogers earned a BA in public affairs at George Washington University in 1978. He served as an assistant to the President at the White House and as an assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury, and received the Presidential Citizens Medal in 1985. He was later executive vice president of the Oliver Carr Company and, most recently in government, an under secretary of the U.S. Department of State, before becoming a senior fellow at the Baker Institute at Rice University.

He joined Goldman Sachs in 1994, became a managing director in 1997 and a partner in 2000. He was Chief of Staff and Secretary to the Board from December 2001, and became an Executive Vice President in 2011. He gave up the chief of staff role in 2023.

He is deputy chairman of the Supervisory Board of Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE and chairman of the Goldman Sachs Foundation. Outside the firm he chairs the Atlantic Council and the White House Historical Association and has twice chaired SIFMA.

Education

George Washington University

Bachelor of Arts, Public Affairs