Board of Directors

Officers


 

Val DiFebo

Val DiFebo

Chair

Chief Executive Officer
Deutsch New York

Tori Fernandes

Tori Fernandes

Head of Ad Sales Communications

The Walt Disney Company

Nicki Grant

Nicki Grant

Vice Chair

SVP, Global Brand and Advertising
Mastercard

Bill Imada

Bill Imada

Vice Chair

Chairman & Chief Connectivity Officer
IW Group, Inc.

AEF Board member Pat Lafferty

Pat Lafferty

Vice Chair

Chief Operating Officer

Acceleration Community of Companies

David J. Moore

Vice Chair
Chair, Finance Committee

Executive Chairman, Urban Pickleball Clubs

Nancy Rabstejnek-Nichols

Nancy Rabstejnek Nichols

Vice Chair, Co-Chair, Honors Night

AEF Board Member Gord McLean

Gordon McLean

President & Chief Executive Officer

ANA Educational Foundation

 

 

Directors


 

AEF Board Member-Eric Austin

Eric Austin

Vice President, Global Marketing & Media

Procter & Gamble

Lou Aversano

Lou Aversano

Chief Brand and Marketing Officer

Cigna

AEF Board Member-Michele Barlow

Michele Barlow

EVP, Enterprise Marketing

Bank of America

Tim Castelli

Vice President, Global Advertising Sales

Instacart

Daniel Cherry

Daniel Cherry

SVP, General Manager

Adidas

Lisa Coleman

Lisa Coleman, Ph.D.

President

Adler University

Daisy Expósito-Ulla

Chairman & CEO

d expósito & Partners

Professor Nermin Eyuboglu

Nermin Eyuboglu, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing and Chair, Dept. of Marketing and International Business

Baruch College

AEF Board Member Kathy Franz

Kathleen Franz, Ph.D.

Supervisory Museum Curator

Smithsonian Institution

AEF Board Member Tasha Gilroy

Tasha Gilroy

Global Chief Belonging Officer

VML

Gareth Goodall

Gareth Goodall

Chief Strategy Officer

Publicis Creative US

AEF Board Member Vann Graves

Vann Graves, Ed.D.

Executive Director

VCU Brandcenter

AEF Board Member Amber Guild

Amber Guild

Chief Executive Officer

McCann NY

Vita Harris

Vita Harris

Global Chief Strategy Officer

FCB Global

Vince Hudson

Vince Hudson

Head of NA Business Marketing

Meta

Carole Irgang

Founder & Chief Marketing Officer
Red Shoes Marketing

Tim Jones

Chief Operating Officer
Publicis Groupe

Joe Kelly

SVP, Chief Talent Officer

Interpublic Group

Professor Clarence Lee

Clarence Lee, Ph.D.

Co-Founder

Eisengard AI

Dawn Lerman, Ph.D.

Chair, VPP Committee
Professor, Gabelli School of Business and
Exec. Director, Center for Positive Marketing

Fordham University

Bob Liodice

Chief Executive Officer

Association of National Advertisers

AEF Board Member-Jason Lonsdale

Jason Lonsdale

Chief Strategy Officer

Deutsch LA

Chris Macdonald

Chris Macdonald

Former Chairman and CEO

McCann

AEF Board Member David Mataranglo

David Mataranglo

US Chief Executive Officer

KINESSO at IPG Mediabrands

Peter McGuinness

Chief Executive Officer

Impossible Foods

David Mechlin

Managing Partner

CoalHart Associates

Leah Meranus

CEO North America

dentsu X

William (Mack) O’Barr, Ph.D.

Founding Editor: Advertising & Society Quarterly
Department of Cultural Anthropology

Duke University

AEF Board Member-Tiffany Perkins-Munn

Tiffany Perkins-Munn, Ph.D.

Managing Director, Head of Marketing Data & Analytics

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Darla Price

Darla Price

President

Ogilvy

AEF Board Member Joe Prota

Joe Prota

Global Director of Brand Marketing

IBM

Jef Richards, J.D., Ph.D.

Advertising and PR Department

Michigan State University

Hayes Roth

Principal

HA Roth Consulting LLC

Cynthia Round

Cynthia Round

Brand Strategist

Independent Consultant

AEF Board Member Ann Rubin

Ann Rubin

EVP, Marketing, Communications & Events

4A’s

AEF Board Member-David Rubin

David Rubin

Chief Brand and Communications Officer

The New York Times

Van Sapp

Van Sapp, Ph.D.

Vice President, External Affairs and Strategic Engagement

Tuskegee University

Denis Sison

Denis Sison

Founder

Modern Marketing Xcellence

Andrea Spiegel

Andrea Spiegel

Chief Marketing Officer

Recovery Centers of America

Randi Stipes

Randi Stipes

Chief Marketing Officer

The Weather Company

Andrew Susman

Andrew Susman

President

Institute for Advertising Ethics

AEF Board member Sadie Thoma

Sadie Thoma

Director, Americas Ads Marketing

Google

Mark Truss

Chief Research Officer

VML

Barry Wacksman

Barry Wacksman

Chairman and CRO

Proto

William H. Weintraub

Professor, School of Journalism and Communications

University of Colorado, Boulder

AEF Board Member-Carlos Zepeda

Carlos Zepeda

SVP, Strategy, Marketing Capability and Chief of Staff, Moët Hennessy

LVMH

Paula Alex

Paula Alex

Honorary Director

Previous President & CEO, AEF

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