The Ad Council, America’s leading non-profit organization dedicated to using the power of communications to drive social change, elected 27 new members to its Board of Directors during its spring meeting held virtually on Thursday, April 22. 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, Chief Marketing Officer at Verizon.
Since the organization’s founding, the Ad Council has been at the forefront of leading the communications industry’s social impact efforts. Its Board of Directors is comprised of a prestigious group of senior marketing and media executives who provide expertise, insights and financial support to ensure the Ad Council’s social good communication campaigns are effective and impactful. Most recently, the Ad Council’s Board of Directors led the industry’s response to COVID-19 and the launch of the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative’s COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative, the most significant public education effort in U.S. history.
New members of the Ad Council Board of Directors include:
- Lara Balazs, EVP, CMO & GM, Strategic Partner Group, Intuit
- Nadja Bellan-White, Global CMO, VICE Media Group
- Devika Bulchandani, CEO, Ogilvy North America & Global Chairwoman of Advertising, Ogilvy
- Ingrid Burton, CMO, Quantcast
- JP Colaco, Head of Advertising Sales, WarnerMedia
- Maurice Cooper , SVP, Brand & Category Marketing, Target Corporation
- Jill Cress, Vice President Consumer Marketing, PayPal
- Norman de Greve, Chief Marketing Officer, CVS Health
- Morgan Flatley, SVP, Chief Marketing & Digital Customer Experience Officer, McDonald’s Corporation
- Sarah Franklin, CMO, Salesforce
- Josh Gillon, Chief Executive Officer, What If Media Group
- Jeremi Gorman, Chief Business Officer, Snap Inc.
- Tariq H. Hassan, Chief Marketing Officer, Petco
- E. Yuri Hermida, EVP North America Hygiene, RB
- Susan Somersille Johnson, Chief Marketing Officer, Prudential Financial, Inc.
- Bill Kolb, Chairman and CEO, McCann Worldgroup
- Heather Malenshek, SVP, Chief Marketing Officer, Land O’Lakes Inc
- Jamie Moldafsky, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Nielsen
- Alan Moss, VP, Global Advertising Sales, Amazon
- Charlie Neer, Chief Revenue Officer, MiQ Digital
- Todd Pendleton, Chief Marketing Officer, Dolby
- Ann Rubin, VP, Corporate Marketing, IBM
- Carrie Seifer, General Manager – North America, GWI
- Justin Thomas-Copeland, President & CEO, DDB North America, DDB Worldwide
- Dara Treseder, SVP, Head of Global Marketing & Communications, Peloton
- Tiffany R. Warren, EVP, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Sony Music Group
- Janey Whiteside, EVP & Chief Customer Officer, Walmart
“Our Board members are innovative, passionate, and committed to using their talents and resources to drive social change, and our newest members are no exception,” said Lisa Sherman, President and CEO of the Ad Council. “With the support of our Board of Directors, we will continue to galvanize the industry behind our COVID-19 vaccine education efforts and the most pressing social issues facing our country.”
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