Roger Eigsti is the retired Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Safeco Corporation. He joined the SightLife Board of Directors in 2005. Community service has always been important to Eigsti. He currently serves on Inrix and Gladiator Technologies, Inc., Boards of Directors. In the past, he has served on numerous Seattle-area non-profit and commercial boards, including the Seattle Foundation, Security Pacific Bank, Seattle Pacific University, the University of Washington's Business School Advisory Board, the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and Seattle Repertory Theatre.
Eigsti received his CPA designation in 1966. He began his 29-year career at Safeco Corporation as Assistant to the CFO, rising to the positions of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. He retired in 2000. Prior to his tenure at Safeco, he worked for eight years at Deloitte & Touche in their Portland office.
Eigsti is the recipient of many civic and business awards, including the YMCA's A. K. Guy Award for Community Service, the Puget Sound Business Journal's Executive of the Year in 1998; and the Wall Street Journal's award given for outstanding business student, which he received as a college senior at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon.
Roger and his wife of 45 years, Mary Lou, reside in Seattle and retreat to Rancho Mirage, California, where in the winter he pursues one his sports passions — golf. Roger and Mary Lou have two children and five grandchildren.