Board of Directors
Officers
![Val DiFebo](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/about-board-val-difebo.jpg)
Val DiFebo
Chair
Chief Executive Officer
Deutsch New York
![Nicki Grant](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/about-board-grant-nicki.jpg)
Nicki Grant
Vice Chair
SVP, Global Brand and Advertising
Mastercard
![Vita Harris](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/about-board-vita-harris.jpg)
Vita Harris
Vice Chair
Global Chief Strategy Officer
FCB Global
![Bill Imada](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/about-board-bill-imada.jpg)
Bill Imada
Vice Chair
Chairman & Chief Connectivity Officer
IW Group, Inc.
![AEF Board member Pat Lafferty](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/about-board-lafferty-pat.jpg)
Pat Lafferty
Vice Chair
Chief Operating Officer
Acceleration Community of Companies
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dmoore2014.jpg)
David J. Moore
Vice Chair
Chair, Finance Committee
Executive Chairman, Urban Pickleball Clubs
![Nancy Rabstejnek-Nichols](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nnichols-v2.jpg)
Nancy Rabstejnek Nichols
Vice Chair, Co-Chair, Honors Night
Senior Vice President, External Affairs
Interpublic Group
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gmclean.jpg)
Gordon McLean
President & Chief Executive Officer
ANA Educational Foundation
Directors
![AEF Board Member-Eric Austin](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/about-board-austin-eric.jpg)
Eric Austin
Vice President, Global Marketing & Media
Procter & Gamble
![Lou Aversano](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/about-board-aversano-louv2.jpg)
Lou Aversano
Global Chief Brand Officer
Cigna
![AEF Board Member-Michele Barlow](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/about-board-barlow-michele.jpg)
Michele Barlow
EVP, Enterprise Marketing
Bank of America
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/jbookbinder.jpg)
Judith Bookbinder
Vice President, Creative Communications
Hearst Magazines
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tcastelli.jpg)
Tim Castelli
Vice President, Global Advertising Sales
Instacart
![Daniel Cherry](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/about-board-daniel-cherry.jpg)
Daniel Cherry
SVP, General Manager
Adidas
![Lisa Coleman](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/about-board-lisa-coleman.jpg)
Lisa Coleman, Ph.D.
SVP, Global Inclusion and Strategic Innovation
New York University
![John Dunleavy board member](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/about-board-dunleavy-john.jpg)
John Dunleavy
President North America
McCann Worldgroup
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dexposito3.jpg)
Daisy Expósito-Ulla
Chairman & CEO
d expósito & Partners
![Professor Nermin Eyuboglu](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/about-board-eyugbolu-nermin.jpg)
Nermin Eyuboglu, Ph.D.
Professor of Marketing and Chair, Dept. of Marketing and International Business
Baruch College
![Tori Fernandes](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/about-board-fernandes-tori.jpg)
Tori Fernandes
Head of Ad Sales Communications, Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution
The Walt Disney Company
![AEF Board Member Tasha Gilroy](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/about-board-gilroy-tasha.jpg)
Tasha Gilroy
Global Chief Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Officer
VMLY&R
![Gareth Goodall](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/about-board-goodall-gareth.jpg)
Gareth Goodall
Chief Strategy Officer
Publicis Creative US
![Vince Hudson](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/about-board-vince-hudson.jpg)
Vince Hudson
Head of NA Business Marketing
Meta
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cirgang.jpg)
Carole Irgang
Co-Founder
Radically Simple Marketing
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tjones.jpg)
Tim Jones
Chief Operating Officer
Publicis Groupe
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/about-board-kelly-joe.jpg)
Joe Kelly
SVP, Chief Talent Officer
Interpublic Group
![Eileen Kiernan](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/about-board-kiernan-eileen.jpg)
Eileen Kiernan
Global Chief Executive Officer
IPG Mediabrands
![Professor Clarence Lee](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/about-board-lee-clarencev2.jpg)
Clarence Lee, Ph.D.
Co-Founder
Eisengard AI
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dlerman2.jpg)
Dawn Lerman, Ph.D.
Chair, VPP Committee
Professor, Gabelli School of Business and
Exec. Director, Center for Positive Marketing
Fordham University
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bliodice_2016.jpg)
Bob Liodice
Chief Executive Officer
Association of National Advertisers
![AEF Board Member-Jason Lonsdale](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/about-board-lonsdale-jason.jpg)
Jason Lonsdale
Chief Strategy Officer
Deutsch LA
![Chris Macdonald](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/about-board-macdonald-chris-2022.jpg)
Chris Macdonald
Former Chairman and CEO
McCann
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/pmcguinness2.jpg)
Peter McGuinness
Chief Executive Officer
Impossible Foods
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dmechlin2.jpg)
David Mechlin
Managing Partner
CoalHart Associates
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/about-board-meranus-leah.jpg)
Leah Meranus
CEO North America
dentsu X
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/obarr2.jpg)
William (Mack) O’Barr, Ph.D.
Editor: Advertising & Society Quarterly
Department of Cultural Anthropology
Duke University
![AEF Board Member-Tiffany Perkins-Munn](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/about-board-perkins-munn-tiffany.jpg)
Tiffany Perkins-Munn, Ph.D.
Managing Director, Head of Marketing Data & Analytics
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
![Darla Price](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/about-board-price-darla-2023.jpg)
Darla Price
President
Ogilvy
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/jrichards.jpg)
Jef Richards, J.D., Ph.D.
Advertising and PR Department
Michigan State University
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hroth.jpg)
Hayes Roth
Principal
HA Roth Consulting LLC
![Cynthia Round](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/about-board-round-cynthia-2023.jpg)
Cynthia Round
Brand Strategist
Independent Consultant
![AEF Board Member Ann Rubin](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/arubin3.jpg)
Ann Rubin
Vice Chair
EVP, Marketing, Communications & Events
4A’s
![AEF Board Member-David Rubin](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/about-board-rubin-david.jpg)
David Rubin
Chief Marketing Officer
The New York Times
![Van Sapp](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/about-board-van-sapp.jpg)
Van Sapp, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Business, Management and Technology
Saint Augustine’s University
![Denis Sison](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/about-board-denis-sison.jpg)
Denis Sison
Founder
Modern Marketing Xcellence
![Andrea Spiegel](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/about-board-spiegel-andrea.jpg)
Andrea Spiegel
Founder
AKS Brand Solutions
![Randi Stipes](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/about-board-stipes-randi-2023.jpg)
Randi Stipes
Chief Marketing Officer
The Weather Company
![Andrew Susman](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/about-board-susman-andrew2.jpg)
Andrew Susman
Founding Chief Operating Officer
Institute for Advertising Ethics
![AEF Board member Sadie Thoma](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/about-board-thoma-sadie.jpg)
Sadie Thoma
Director, Americas Ads Marketing
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mtruss.jpg)
Mark Truss
Worldwide Director of Brand Intelligence
Wunderman Thompson
![Barry Wacksman](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/about-board-barry-wacksman2020.jpg)
Barry Wacksman
Chairman and CRO
Proto
![](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wwein.jpg)
William H. Weintraub
Professor, School of Journalism and Communications
University of Colorado, Boulder
![AEF Board Member-Carlos Zepeda](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/about-board-zepeda-carlos.jpg)
Carlos Zepeda
VP, Strategy and Transformation
Moët Hennessy USA
![Paula Alex](https://aef.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/palex_2010.jpg)
Paula Alex
Honorary Director
Previous President & CEO, AEF