Advertising Hall of Fame Council of Judges

The Advertising Hall of Fame Council of Judges vote on nominees for this prestigious award; honoring industry leaders retired from their primary careers for at least a year. The AAF relies on Council participation for event programming and sponsorship. Annually appointed by the AAF President & CEO and Hall of Fame Chair, judges are chosen for their expertise in advertising history and personnel. The Council of Judges may choose not to select candidates in any given year.

Chair

Ross Martin, Known

Vice Chair

Rita Ferro, Disney

Council of Judges

Hande Aksoy, Meta
Danielle Austen, fluent360
Jack Bamberger, Immediate Past Board Chair, AAF
David Bell*, formerly of IPG
Linda Boff*, Said Differently
John Boiler, Stagwell Constellation
Andrea Brimmer, Ally Financial
Heidi Browning, NHL
John Campbell, Disney Advertising
Lisa Caputo, Travelers
Louis Carr*, BET
Lela Coffey, P&G North America
Brandon Cooke, FCB Global
Chris Crawford, Elite Media
Matt Derella, LinkedIn
Jerri DeVard*, BECA
Steve Ellis, Paramount Advertising
Daisy Exposito-Ulla*, d exposito & Partners
Phil Gaughran, dentsu
Jon Halvorson, Mondelez
Sarah Iooss, Amazon Ads
Greg James, Havas Media Network
Michael Kassan*, 3C Ventures
Kim Kelleher, AMC Networks
Jacki Kelley, IPG
JiYoung Kim, WPP Media
Bill Koenigsberg*, Horizon Media
John Koller, HP
Steve Kritzman, SiriusXM Media
Lynn Lewis, McCann Worldgroup
Helen Lin, Publicis Groupe
Ryan Linder, Stagwell
Alex Lopez Negrete*, Lopez Negrete Communications
Mick McCabe, Ogilvy
Wenda Millard*, formerly of MediaLink
Nancy Nichols, formerly of IPG
Bob Pittman*, iHeartMedia
Andrea Kerr Redniss, Medialink
Sherina Smith, American Family Insurance
Aaron Sobol, Unilever
Catherine Sullivan, National CineMedia
Sadie Thoma, Google
Aaron Walton*, Walton Isaacson
Tiffany R. Warren, Sony Music Group; ADCOLOR
Khartoon Weiss, TikTok

* = Member of the Advertising Hall of Fame

AAF Staff

Lisa Rubin
EVP, Corporate Partnerships & Events

Beatrice V. Santacroce
Director, Corporate Partnerships & Events

Emily Gaddy
Manager, Corporate Partnerships & Events

About the Event