# Roela Santos

> Roela Santos is Amentum's chief marketing and communications officer, responsible for the brand, reputation, employee engagement, executive communications, corporate social responsibility, digital channels, and events of a public engineering and technology company. Her career has moved through CSC, Raytheon, Engility, SAIC, BAE Systems, and Amentum, repeatedly placing her at the center of rebrands, acquisitions, integrations, and high-stakes communication. Beyond corporate work, she co-founded VOICES for AAPI and helped develop cybersecurity scholarships that awarded $424,000 to 56 students over six years.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at Amentum
- **Organizations:** Amentum, BAE Systems Intelligence & Security, SAIC, Engility Corporation, Raytheon, Computer Sciences Corporation, VOICES for AAPI, ISC2 Center for Cyber Safety and Education
- **Education:** Master's in Public Relations and Corporate Communications, Georgetown University, Master of Business Administration, University of California, Irvine, Bachelor of Business Administration, Loyola Marymount University
- **Known for:** Led brand, reputation, employee engagement, executive communications, corporate social responsibility, digital and event strategy at Amentum., Helped establish a unified Amentum brand after its 2024 combination with Jacobs businesses and public-market debut., Rebranded SAIC and built account- and deal-based marketing functions linked by Amentum's biography to improved win rates and brand favorability.

## Career timeline

- **Earlier career** — Served as global marketing manager at Computer Sciences Corporation, leading programs for a $3.5 billion global IT and business outsourcing unit.
- **Before 2018** — Served as global communications director at Raytheon and worked to expand the company's global cybersecurity reputation.
- **2018** — As Engility's vice president of communications and chief communications officer, helped communicate the company's announced $2.5 billion all-stock acquisition by SAIC.
- **2019-2020** — Served as SAIC's chief communications and marketing officer, rebranding the company and building account- and deal-based marketing functions.
- **2020** — Won WashingtonExec's Chief Marketing/Communications Officer of the Year award in the public-company category and was named among its Top 25 MarCom Leaders to Watch.
- **2021** — Served as vice president of communications at BAE Systems Intelligence & Security and received ISC2's Julie Peeler Franz volunteer award.
- **2022** — Joined Amentum as senior vice president of marketing and communications; also became a co-founder of VOICES for AAPI.
- **2024** — Led communications work around Amentum's combination with Jacobs' Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence businesses and its entry onto the New York Stock Exchange.
- **2026** — Serves as Amentum's chief marketing and communications officer and was named a WashingtonExec Top MarCom Executive to Watch and a Chief Officer Awards finalist.

## Achievements

- Led brand, reputation, employee engagement, executive communications, corporate social responsibility, digital and event strategy at Amentum.
- Helped establish a unified Amentum brand after its 2024 combination with Jacobs businesses and public-market debut.
- Rebranded SAIC and built account- and deal-based marketing functions linked by Amentum's biography to improved win rates and brand favorability.
- Helped reposition Engility from a lowest-price contractor perception toward high-end engineering solutions.
- Won WashingtonExec's 2020 Chief Marketing/Communications Officer of the Year award in the public-company category.
- Named a WashingtonExec Top 25 MarCom Leader to Watch in 2020 and Top MarCom Executive to Watch in 2026.
- Received ISC2's 2021 Julie Peeler Franz 'Do It for The Children' Volunteer Award.
- Helped develop Raytheon and SAIC/Engility cybersecurity scholarships that awarded $424,000 to 56 students over six years.
- Co-founded VOICES for AAPI, an organization advocating for AAPI representation and advancement in communications, marketing and creative industries.
- Named a finalist in the public-company CMO or Marketing Executive of the Year category for WashingtonExec's 2026 Chief Officer Awards.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Named a finalist in the public-company CMO or Marketing Executive of the Year category for WashingtonExec's 2026 Chief Officer Awards.
- **2026-01** — Named one of WashingtonExec's Top MarCom Executives to Watch in 2026 after leading brand and integration communications during Amentum's first full year as a merged public company.
- **2024-09** — Amentum completed its combination with Jacobs' Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence businesses and began NYSE trading under AMTM, a transition central to Santos's communications remit.
- **2024-05** — Joined fellow VOICES for AAPI board members for the organization's first in-person meeting, held at McCann Worldgroup in New York.

## Links

- Website: https://www.amentum.com/executive-leadership/roela-santos/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roela-santos

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