Board of Directors
The Ad Council’s Board of Directors is composed of leaders across business, marketing, media and tech. Board members provide critical insights and financial support to advance our work driving impact around America’s most pressing issues at scale.
Officers
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Chair
Rita Ferro*
President, Global Advertising
The Walt Disney Company -
Vice Chair
Carla Hassan*
CMO
JPMorgan Chase -
Vice Chair
Kirk McDonald*
CEO
Sundial Media Group -
Immediate Past Chair
Tara Walpert Levy*
VP, Americas
YouTube -
President & CEO
Lisa Sherman*
President & CEO
The Advertising Council -
Secretary
Kim Kelleher*
Chief Commercial Officer
AMC Networks -
Finance Chair
Lisa Utzschneider*
CEO
Integral Ad Science
Directors
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Jonathan Adashek
SVP, Marketing and Communications
IBM -
Tim Armstrong
Founder and CEO
Flowcode -
Zena Arnold
Chief Marketing Officer
Sephora U.S. -
Jay Askinasi
CRO
Paramount -
Anna Bager
President and CEO
OAAA -
Sam Bakhshandehpour
President of Merchants
Bilt -
Michele Barlow
EVP, Enterprise Marketing
Bank of America -
Chaucer Barnes
CMO
Translation + UnitedMasters -
John Batter
CEO
XR Extreme Reach -
Molly Battin
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
The Home Depot -
Adam Bauer
VP, Sales
Discord -
Nadja Bellan-White
CEO
M&C Saatchi -
Leslie Berland
EVP & CMO
Verizon -
Chris Boothe
CEO, Publicis Media, US
Publicis Groupe -
Elizabeth Brady
EVP, Chief Marketing, Customer & Communications Officer
Allstate -
Tyrone Brewer
President, US Neuroscience, Canada & Puerto Rico
Johnson & Johnson -
Andrea Brimmer
Chief Marketing and Public Relations Officer
Ally -
Marc Brodherson
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company -
Chad Broude
Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer
Highdive -
Lee Brown
Chief Business Officer
Pinterest -
Heidi Browning Pearson
Senior EVP and Chief Marketing Officer
National Hockey League -
Alyssa Buetikofer
SVP, Chief Marketing & Customer Experience Officer
McDonald's -
Devika Bulchandani
Chief Operating Officer
WPP -
Barbara Bush
SVP, Social Impact & Inclusion
NBA/WNBA -
Lisa Caputo
EVP & Chief Marketing, Communications & Customer Experience Officer
The Travelers Companies, Inc. -
Michele Cardinal
EVP, Head of Brand, Sponsorships & Integrated Marketing
Wells Fargo -
Fiona Carter
CMO
Goldman Sachs -
Tim Castelli
VP, Global Ad Sales
Instacart -
Tim Clark
Executive Vice President, Chief Brand Officer
NASCAR -
David Cohen
CEO
Interactive Advertising Bureau -
Jeff Collins
President of Ad Sales, Marketing, and Brand Partnerships
Fox Corporation -
Christine Cook
Chief Commercial Officer
Bloomberg Media -
Christopher Crawford
Founder & CEO
Elite Media -
Norm de Greve
Chief Growth Officer
General Motors -
Tara DiJulio
SVP & Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
GE Aerospace -
Will Doherty
SVP, Inventory Development
The Trade Desk -
Uzma Rawn Dowler
CMO & SVP, Global Corporate Partnerships
Major League Baseball -
Kyle Dropp
Co-Founder & President
Morning Consult -
Richard Edelman*
CEO
Edelman -
Mel Edwards
Global President
VML -
Tim Ellis*
CMO
NFL -
Mike Ford
CEO
Skydeo -
Brianna Gays
CMO
Smartly -
Adam Gerhart
Global Chief Client Officer
WPP Media -
Greg Glenday
Chief Business Officer
Acast -
Ben Goldhirsh
Chairman
Goldhirsh Foundation -
Andrew Gorenstein
President, Advertising & Partnerships
People, Inc. -
Jeremi Gorman
CRO of Fanatics Advertising
Fanatics -
Jennifer Gottlieb
Global President
Real Chemistry -
Ryan Gould
President, US Ad Sales, Go to Market
Warner Bros. Discovery -
Jeff Greenspoon
CEO, Americas
Kantar -
Michael Guth
SVP & CMO
Spectrum Reach -
Bill C. Hagelstein
Executive Chairman
RPA -
Elena Hale
Managing Director, Chief Marketing Officer
Emerson Collective -
Sarah Harms
VP, Advertising Marketing and Measurement
Roku -
Jed Hartman
President & GM Activation
Zeta Global -
Diana Haussling
CEO
Hello Products -
Elizabeth Herbst-Brady
Chief Revenue Officer
Condé Nast -
Johanna Herrmann
SVP, Chief Communications Officer
Merck & Co, Inc. -
Michael Houston
President, U.S.
WPP -
Lisa Ryan Howard
EVP
Global Chief Revenue Officer
Hearst Magazines -
Kate Jeffers
CEO
Leo -
Damaune Journey
Global Chief Growth Officer
72andSunny -
Beth Ann Kaminkow
CEO, North America
Dentsu -
Todd Kaplan
CMO, North America
The Kraft Heinz Company -
Harry Kargman
Founder & CEO
Kargo -
Michael Kassan*
Founder and CEO
3CVentures -
Jennifer Kattula
General Manager and Chief Marketing Officer, Microsoft Advertising
Microsoft -
Jacki Kelley*
Chief Client Officer & Chief Business Officer
Omnicom -
Sophie Kelly
SVP of Global Tequila and Mezcal Categories
Diageo -
Kellyn Kenny*
Chief Marketing and Growth Officer
AT&T Communications -
Mark Kirkham
CMO, PepsiCo Beverages US
PepsiCo -
Zach Kitschke
CMO
Canva -
Michael Komasinski
CEO
Criteo -
Suzanne Kounkel
CMO
Deloitte -
Jill Kramer
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
Mastercard -
Sarah Kramer
CEO
Spark Foundry -
Steven Kritzman
SVP Sales
SiriusXM Media -
Michael Lacorazza
Chief Marketing Officer
US Bank -
Kristin Lane
Head of Brand Strategy, Advertising & Integrated Marketing
MassMutual -
Dan Lanzano
President, National Ad Sales
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. -
Ryanne Laredo
Chief Customer Experience Officer
Nielsen -
Amy Leifer
Chief Advertising Sales Officer
DIRECTV -
Ryan Linder
EVP & Global Chief Marketing Officer
Stagwell -
Robert D. Liodice
President & CEO
Association of National Advertisers, Inc. -
Antonio Lucio
EVP, Chief Marketing and Corporate Affairs Officer
HP -
Sean Lyons
Global Growth & Strategy Lead, Accenture Song
Accenture -
Joseph Maglio
CEO
Cheil Agency Network -
Heather Malenshek
SVP, CMO
Land O'Lakes Inc. -
Guy Marks
Chief Client Success Officer
Omnicom Media -
Mark Marshall
Chairman, Global Advertising & Partnerships
NBCU -
Jarrod Martin
Global CEO
Acxiom + KINESSO -
Stacy Martinet*
VP, Marketing Strategy & Chief Communications Officer
Adobe -
Don McGuire
EVP, Chief Marketing Officer
Qualcomm, Inc. -
Alice McKown
Publisher + Chief Revenue Officer
The Atlantic -
Vineet Mehra
CMO
Chime -
Nicola Mendelsohn*
Head of Global Business Group
Meta -
Nicholas Mercurio
Chief Client Officer
Ipsos -
Michelle Mesenburg
SVP, Chief Brand Officer
Target -
Ajit Mohan
Chief Business Officer
Snap Inc. -
Shakir Moin
President, Marketing, Coca-Cola North America
The Coca-Cola Company -
Alan Moss*
VP, Global Advertising Sales
Amazon Ads -
Christian Muche
Global President & Co-Founder
Beyond Ordinary Events / POSSIBLE -
Tim Natividad
President, US Advertising Sales and Marketing
TelevisaUnivision -
Catherine Newman
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
U.S. Soccer Federation -
Kyle Norrington
U.S. Chief Commercial Officer
Anheuser-Busch -
Jim Norton
CRO, Enterprise
OUTFRONT Media -
Arianna Orpello
CMO
GEICO -
Steve Pacheco
President and CEO
American Advertising Federation -
Nicolle Pangis
Vice President, Advertising
Netflix -
PJ Pereira
Founder & Creative Chairman
Pereira O'Dell -
Steven Wolfe Pereira
CEO
Alpha -
Megan Ramm
Global Head of Sales
Uber Advertising -
Thomas Ranese
Chief Marketing Officer
Intuit -
Nancy Reyes
Global President & CEO
BBDO -
Susan Rienow
Chief Marketing Officer
Pfizer -
Joy Robins*
Global Chief Advertising Officer
The New York Times -
Tiffany Rolfe
Global Chair
Global Chief Creative Officer
R/GA -
James Rooke
President
Comcast Advertising -
Jonathan Rosen
CEO
Orchestra -
Doug Rozen
President
Cadent -
Meg Runeari
EVP, North America Operations
Teads -
Elizabeth Rutledge
CMO
American Express -
Diego Scotti*
EVP, General Manager - Consumer Group
PayPal -
Brad Seitter
President & CEO
TVB -
Davang Shah
VP, Marketing
LinkedIn -
Donna Sharp
Managing Director & Partner
MediaLink -
Jessica Sibley
CEO
TIME -
Sherina Smith
CMO
American Family Insurance -
Ramon Soto*
SVP, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer;
President, Northwell Studios
Northwell Health -
Keisha Taylor Starr
CMO & General Manager, Scripps Networks
The E.W. Scripps Company -
Josh Stinchcomb
CRO
Dow Jones -
Greg Stuart
CEO
Marketing + Media Alliance -
Michael Sugar
CEO
Sugar23 -
Andrew Swinand
CEO
ITG (Inspired Thinking Group) -
Todd Teresi
VP, Advertising Platforms
Apple Inc. -
Justin Thomas-Copeland
CEO
4As -
Dara Treseder
CMO
Autodesk -
Gayle Troberman
Senior Advisor
iHeartMedia -
Tyler Turnbull
CEO
McCann -
Alexa Vignone
President, Chief Sales Officer
Salesforce -
Aaron Walton*
CEO/Founder
Walton Isaacson -
Karl Wells
CRO
The Washington Post -
William White*
CMO
Walmart -
Emily Wilcox
CEO
TBWA\Chiat\Day New York -
Rob Wilk
Chief Revenue Officer
Yahoo -
Jennifer Wilson
SVP, Chief Marketing Officer
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. -
Bill Wise
Chief Executive Officer
Mediaocean -
Jen Wong
COO
Reddit -
Louisa Wong
CEO
MINT.ai -
Mark Zagorski
CEO
DoubleVerify -
Shelley Zalis
CEO
The Female Quotient -
Andrea Zaretsky
CMO
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management & E*TRADE
*Ad Council Executive Committee Member
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