Kenneth S. Boger
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Mr. Boger currently serves as our Senior Vice President and General Counsel, a position he has held since 2001. He came to Vertex from the law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, where he was a partner specializing in business and corporate law and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Mr. Boger holds an A.B. in History from Duke University, an M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago and a J.D. from Boston College Law School.
Prior to the merger of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart with the Boston law firm of Warner & Stackpole LLP in 1999, Mr. Boger was a partner at Warner & Stackpole, where he served on its Executive Committee from 1988 to 1997. Mr. Boger served in the United States Army for three years and was honorably discharged with the rank of 1st Lieutenant, following service in Vietnam as the leader of a Mobile Advisory Team working with Vietnamese armed forces.
Kenneth S. Boger
Corporate Compass
“Integrity should be one of the few essential ingredients in building a great pharmaceutical company. The organization we’re creating has never existed before, and we’re charting a path that we will own well into the future. We have a responsibility to establish blueprints and directions that are honest and sustainable.”
“I take great satisfaction in knowing that I’m contributing to the greater good by applying the best of what I have to offer. To me, that’s what life is about. It also happens to be how we function at Vertex.”
“We want to develop therapies that are valuable to people, that just might profoundly improve their lives. My goal at Vertex is to ensure that we continue to focus on building, but never lose sight of our ultimate aim: helping patients.”