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

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

Jonathan Adashek

SVP, Marketing and Communications
IBM
Tim Armstrong

Founder and CEO
Flowcode
Zena Arnold

Chief Marketing Officer
Sephora U.S.
Anna Bager

President and CEO
OAAA
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
Nadja Bellan-White

CEO
M&C Saatchi
Leslie Berland

EVP & CMO
Verizon
Josephine Bertrams

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Heineken USA
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
Heidi Browning Pearson

Senior EVP and Chief Marketing Officer
National Hockey League
Michael Brownstein

Chief Client Officer
People Inc.
Alyssa Buetikofer

SVP, Chief Marketing & Customer Experience Officer
McDonald's
Devika Bulchandani

Chief Operating Officer
WPP
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
Brianna Gays

CMO
Smartly
Adam Gerhart

Global Chief Client Officer
WPP Media
Greg Glenday

Chief Business Officer
Acast
Ben Goldhirsh

Chairman
Goldhirsh Foundation
Jennifer Gottlieb

Global President
Real Chemistry
Ryan Gould

President, US Ad Sales, Go to Market
Warner Bros. Discovery
Michael Guth

SVP & CMO
Spectrum Reach
Bill C. Hagelstein

Executive Chairman
RPA
Elena Hale

Managing Director, Chief Marketing Officer
Emerson Collective
Chrissie Hanson

CEO
OMD USA
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*

EVP, Chief Client Officer & Chief Business Officer
IPG
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
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
Lorenzo Larini

CEO
MINT.ai
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
Joseph Maglio

CEO
Cheil Agency Network
Heather Malenshek

SVP, CMO
Land O'Lakes Inc.
Mark Marshall

Chairman, Global Advertising & Partnerships
NBCU
Jarrod Martin

Global CEO
Acxiom + KINESSO
Stacy Martinet*

VP, Marketing Strategy & Chief Communications Officer
Adobe
Johanna Mayer-Jones

Global Chief Advertising Officer
The Washington Post
Sean McCaffrey

President & CEO
GSTV
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
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
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
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
Raja Rajamannar

Chief Marketing & Communications Officer and President, Healthcare Business
Mastercard
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
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
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
MMA Global
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
Alexa Vignone

President, Chief Sales Officer
Salesforce
Aaron Walton*

CEO/Founder
Walton Isaacson
Khartoon Weiss

VP, GM, North American & Global Group
TikTok
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
Mark Zagorski

CEO
DoubleVerify
Shelley Zalis

CEO
The Female Quotient
Andrea Zaretsky

CMO
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management & E*TRADE

*Ad Council Executive Committee Member

CHAIR EMERITI & HONORARY DIRECTORS

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Meet our Members

Board of Directors

Officers

Chair

Vice Chair

Vice Chair

Immediate Past Chair

President & CEO

Secretary

Finance Chair

Directors

Jonathan Adashek

Tim Armstrong

Zena Arnold

Anna Bager

Michele Barlow

Chaucer Barnes

John Batter

Molly Battin

Nadja Bellan-White

Leslie Berland

Josephine Bertrams

Chris Boothe

Elizabeth Brady

Tyrone Brewer

Andrea Brimmer

Marc Brodherson

Heidi Browning Pearson

Michael Brownstein

Alyssa Buetikofer

Devika Bulchandani

Lisa Caputo

Michele Cardinal

Fiona Carter

Tim Castelli

Tim Clark

David Cohen

Jeff Collins

Christine Cook

Christopher Crawford

Norm de Greve

Tara DiJulio

Will Doherty

Uzma Rawn Dowler

Kyle Dropp

Richard Edelman*

Mel Edwards

Tim Ellis*

Brianna Gays

Adam Gerhart

Greg Glenday

Ben Goldhirsh

Jennifer Gottlieb

Ryan Gould

Michael Guth

Bill C. Hagelstein

Elena Hale

Chrissie Hanson

Sarah Harms

Jed Hartman

Diana Haussling

Elizabeth Herbst-Brady

Johanna Herrmann

Michael Houston

Lisa Ryan Howard

Kate Jeffers

Damaune Journey

Beth Ann Kaminkow

Todd Kaplan

Harry Kargman

Michael Kassan*

Jennifer Kattula

Jacki Kelley*

Sophie Kelly

Kellyn Kenny*

Mark Kirkham

Zach Kitschke

Michael Komasinski

Suzanne Kounkel

Sarah Kramer

Steven Kritzman