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Advisory Committee

Established in 1947, the Advisory Committee on Public Issues plays an instrumental role in shaping the direction of the Ad Council’s docket by identifying and evaluating significant public issues and sponsors as potential new campaigns. The Committee also reviews Ad Council campaigns to ensure that the issues they address are a national priority. The Advisory Committee meets biannually, and is comprised of leaders from research, nonprofit, business, academia, and philanthropy.

Primary Responsibilities:

Provide input on potential campaigns and/or issues
Assist Ad Council to identify emerging or shifting societal themes
Identify gaps in Ad Council’s docket
Help Ad Council secure new campaign sponsors
Serve as external “ambassadors” for the Ad Council and help bring high caliber expertise to the Ad Council’s work

Co-Chairs

David Bell
Operational Advisor
Pegasus Capital Advisors LLP

Raymond G. Chambers
Founder
Amelior Foundation

Members

Omar Amanat
Founder and Chairman
Amanat Capital

Shay Bilchik
Director, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform and Systems Integration
Georgetown Public Policy Institute
Georgetown University

Laura Bowling
SVP, Strategic Marketing and
Global Communications
Conservation International

Jack Calhoun
Former President & CEO
National Crime Prevention Council

Steven Culbertson
President & CEO
Youth Service America

John Damonti
President
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation

Kevin Donnellan
Executive Vice President & Chief Communications Officer
AARP

Benjamin Goldhirsh
Founder and Chairman
GOOD

John Gomberts
President
Civic Ventures

Wade Horn
Director
Public Sector Consulting
Deloitte Consulting LLP

Ivan J. Juzang
Founder & President
MEE Productions, Inc.

Irv Katz
President & CEO
National Human Services Assembly

Alan Khazei
Founder and CEO
Be the Charge, Inc.

Larry Kirkman
Dean
School of Communication
American University

Karen McGill Lawson
President & CEO
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Education Fund (LCCREF)

Rick Lazio
Managing Director
J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Dr. Rick Martinez
Medical Director, Corporate
Contributions and Community
Relations & Director of Latin American Contributions
Johnson & Johnson

Timothy J. McClimon
President, American Express Foundation
Vice President for Philanthropy,
American Express Company

David Morse
Vice President for Communications
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Dr. Herbert Pardes
President & CEO
New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Delia Pompa
Vice President, Center for Community Educational Excellence
National Council of La Raza

Wendy Puriefoy
President
Public Education Network

Lisa Quiroz
Senior Vice President,
Corporate Responsibility
Time Warner, Inc.

Cynthia Round
Executive Vice President, Brand Leadership
United Way of America

Dr. Jorge Reina Schement
Dean of the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies (SCILS)
Rutgers University

Vikki N. Spruill
President and CEO
Ocean Conservancy

C. Charles Stokes
President & CEO
The CDC Foundation

James Vella
President
Ford Motor Company Fund and
Community Services

Dr. David R. Williams
Florence & Laura Norman Professor of Public Health
Professor of African and African American Studies and of Sociology
Harvard School of Public Health
Department of Society, Human Development and Health

Alicin Williamson
Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility and Public Affairs
MTV Networks

Governor Bob Wise
President
Alliance for Excellent Education