AAF National Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Chair:
Tara Walpert Levy, VP, Agency and Brand Solutions, Google
Vice Chair:
Lynn Lewis, U.S. CEO, UM Worldwide
Treasurer:
Andy Narrai, Chief Marketing Officer, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
Assistant Treasurer:
Jacki Kelley, President, Chief Client Officer, Dentsu Aegis Network
Secretary:
Tiffany R. Warren, SVP, Chief Diversity Officer, Omnicom Group; Founder & President, ADCOLOR
Assistant Secretary:
Daryl Evans, VP, Sports Alliances & Partnerships, American Cancer Society
Immediate Past Chair:
Amanda Richman, U.S. CEO, Wavemaker
Corporate Chair:
Marcus Harper, VP, Strategic Accounts, The Trade Desk, Inc.
Corporate Vice Chair (East):
Christian Borges, SVP Marketing, true[X]
Corporate Vice Chair (West):
Heidi Browning Pearson, EVP, Chief Marketing Officer, National Hockey League
Corporate Vice Chair (Central):
Vacant
Mosaic Council Chair:
Danielle Austen, Managing Partner & CEO, fluent360
Mosaic Council Vice Chair:
Vacant
Digital Chair:
Helen Lin, Chief Digital Officer, Publicis Media Exchange
Digital Vice Chair:
John Boiler, Creative Co-Chair & Founder, 72andSunny
Entertainment/Music Industry Chair:
Jeff Levick, CEO, The Players’ Tribune
Government Affairs Chair:
Carla Michelotti, President, Carla Michelotti LLC, Former AAF Board Chair
Government Affairs Vice Chair:
William Hagelstein, President, Chief Executive Officer, RPA
American Advertising Awards Chair:
Michele Massey, Owner, Tucker Massey Marketing
National Education Executive Committee Chair:
Daniel Petek, Instructor, Washington State University
Council of Governors Chair:
Yeosh Bendayan, Partner, Push Button Creative Audio
Eastern Region Chair:
A.J. Busé
Central Region Chair:
Gina Nacey, President and Executive Creative Director, Adventure Advertising
Western Region Chair:
Paul Lam, President, Media Buy Paul, LLC
President & CEO:
Steve Pacheco
Corporate Members
DK Bartley, Diversity International
Christoph Becker, gyro
Lee Brown, Spotify
Brandon Cooke, FCB
Courtney Cotrupe, Partners + Napier
Katrina Cukaj, CNN
Beth-Ann Eason
Rita Ferro, The Walt Disney Company
Kirsten Flanik, BBDO
Josh Golden, Ad Age
Patrick Harris, Facebook
Jim Heekin, Grey Group
Lisa Ryan Howard, The New York Times
Michael Kassan, MediaLink
Patrick Lafferty
Yolanda Lam, Pinterest
Shelia Marmon, Mirror Digital
Ross Martin, BlackBird
Sean Moran
Carter Murray, FCB
Nancy Rabstejnek Nichols, Weber Shandwick/IPG
Nick Pahade, CrowdHere
Brendan Ripp
Andrew Swinand,
John Trimble, Pandora
Keith Turco
Barry Wacksman, R/GA
Ron Young, Shocase
Council of Governors
Chair:
Yeosh Bendayan, Push Button Creative Audio
Vice Chair:
Mary Lee, Frontier Strategies
Secretary-Treasurer:
Larry Brantley, Chaloner
Governors:
District 1: Jasmine Turner, Hill Holliday
District 2: John Mulder, 3Seed Marketing, Design & Interactive
District 3: Danielle Salley, Chernoff Newman
District 4: Mike Weber, CMR Studios
District 5: Jen Bryant, Hughes Environmental
District 6: Andy Herbertz, Tropicana Evansville
District 7: Sarah Jones, Red Square Agency
District 8: Amy Soquet, Image Studios Inc.
District 9: Kyle Rohde, ER Marketing
District 10: Bill Richmond, Wienerschnitzel-Corpus Christi
District 11: Christal Gammill, Publicis
District 12: Sandy King-Arizmendis, The Gazette
District 13: Paul Lam, Media Buy Paul, LLC
District 14: Christopher Terrazas, 3fold Communications
District 15: Andrés Estrada, Lamar Advertising Company
Ad 2 National Chair: Allison Farris, AAF Dallas
Division Chairs:
Division I: Larry Brantley, Chaloner
Division II: Tim Bouchard, Luminus
Division III: Randy Kemp, RK-1 Productions, LLC
Division IV: Kristina Turner, Southern Poverty Law Center
Division V: Katherine Dirks, American Chemical Society
Chair's Advisory Council
Chair’s Advisory Council Chair:
Amanda Richman, U.S. CEO, Wavemaker
Chair’s Advisory Council:
Leo Armatis
Wilder Baker
David Bell, gyro
Wendy Clark, DDB
Frank Cooper, BlackRock
Mark Dacey, Dacey & Partners Executive Search
Murray Gaylord, TraDigital Marketing101
Chester Green
Jack Griffin, DeSilva & Phillips
Philip Guarascio, PG Ventures LLC
Robert Hilton
Kim Kelleher, AMC Networks
David Keith
Arthur (Bud) Liebler
John McMennamin, BSP Online
David Messinger, Activision Blizzard
Jim Norton, the dtx company
John B. Osborn, OMD
Rich Stoddart, Inner Workings
David Park
Janet Robinson, FleishmanHillard
Carlo Vittorini
Additional Members
Honorary Directors:
Linda Thomas Brooks
Bill Houck, Former AAF Western Region Chair
Mike Kelly, KNV Advisors
Tim Love, Omnicom Group
Ex-Officio Members:
Gord McLean, Advertising Educational Foundation
Lisa Sherman, Ad Council
General Counsel:
Stephen M. Ryan, McDermott Will & Emery
Former Chief Operating Officer:
Jeffry L. Perlman
President Emeritus:
James Edmund Datri
Wallace Snyder
Founding President:
Howard Bell (1967-1991)
Effective June 28, 2019