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Esteemed senior marketing and media executives join the organization’s leadership to drive impact on the country’s most pressing social issues

The report serves as the foundation for forthcoming Ad Council campaigns that drive the nonprofit’s comprehensive communications efforts to reduce gun violence.

Communications Industry Leaders Commit Their Support to Advancing Social Good through Communications

New York, NY, January 6, 2021 – Linda Yaccarino, Chairman, Global Advertising and Partnerships, NBCUniversal, has been named Chair of the Ad Council’s Board of Directors. She succeeds David Fischer, Chief Revenue Officer of Facebook, and will serve in the role until June 30, 2022.

Kim Kelleher knows that media can help drive real change. As president and chief commercial officer at AMC Networks and a member of the Ad Council’s Board of Directors, she’s been a passionate advocate for using storytelling and scale to tackle some of the country’s most urgent challenges.

The Ad Council has announced that its 69th Public Service Award Dinner will honor Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase. Hosted on November 30, 2023, this event will be held at the Glasshouse in New York City.

Teens today are overwhelmed — by school, social pressure, their digital lives, and by conflicting messages they hear about mental health, both helpful and harmful, which can leave them feeling stuck. At the same time, one thing is true: teens already have countless ways they cope with their feelings and care for their minds, even if they don’t always recognize them.

Zill puts mental health back in teens’ hands by helping them name the everyday actions they take to support their wellbeing. It’s a simple reminder that mental health is something we can impact through our own choices, habits and actions — big and small, on good days and on hard ones. The examples featured in the PSAs reflect real ways teens already care for their minds. By giving a name to these moments, the PSAs highlight that whether it’s a good day, a bad day, or a whatever day, there’s always a moment to zill.

Zill (verb): Any action to show love to your mind on good, bad, or whatever days.

At zill.org and @letszill on social, teens can find what works for them and explore expert-vetted resources and relatable examples of how to show love to their minds.

Zill is part of Ad Council’s “Love, Your Mind” initiative, a broader effort to shift culture around mental health. It’s supported by the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation.

The report from the Ad Council Research Institute and The Joyce Foundation comes at a time when 21 states and Washington, DC have extreme risk protection orders in place

This World Teen Mental Wellness Day, the Ad Council announced the latest extension of its “Love, Your Mind” initiative, with a new focus on helping teens take action to support their mental health.  

The Ad Council’s Sound It Out campaign is collaborating with Amazon to introduce “When You Can’t Say It, Play It,” inviting parents and caregivers to check in on their teen’s emotional wellbeing through music.

New Ads, Produced by SXM Media’s Studio Resonate and Airing Across Pandora and SoundCloud, Seek to Educate Marijuana Users About Risks of Getting Behind the Wheel While High

This article was updated on: 11/19/2021

NEW YORK, NY, April 29, 2022 — The Ad Council, America’s leader in using the power of communications to drive social change, elected 21 new members to its Board of Directors during its spring meeting held yesterday with both virtual and in-person elements. The non-profit organization’s Board is chaired by Linda Yaccarino, Chairman, Global Advertising and Partnerships, NBCUniversal. Vice Chairs include Jacki Kelley, CEO, Americas, dentsu, and Diego Scotti, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Verizon.

NEW YORK, NY, October 28, 2021 — The Ad Council, America’s leading non-profit organization dedicated to using the power of communications to drive social change, elected 18 new members to its Board of Directors during its fall meeting held virtually yesterday. The organization’s Board is chaired by Linda Yaccarino, Chairman, Global Advertising and Partnerships, NBCUniversal. Vice Chairs include Jacki Kelley, CEO, dentsu Americas and Diego Scotti, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Verizon.

I recently attended my first World Economic Forum in Davos and left with insights that continue to shape my thinking. By now, you’ve likely read the headlines, heard the speeches, or even taken in opposing commentary—after all, with a theme like “A Spirit of Dialogue,” healthy debate wasn’t just expected—it was the point.

Austin Powers, Casablanca, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, and others are reimagined with characters wearing face masks in new PSA to air across the WarnerMedia ecosystem