The American Advertising Federation (AAF), known as the “Unifying Voice for Advertising,” has announced the newest additions to its 2025-26 Board of Directors. The new members were elected by the AAF Executive Committee during the Spring Board of Directors Meeting held yesterday in Washington, DC.
Joining the Board for the “Unifying Voice in Advertising” are:
- Evan Adlman, EVP, Commercial Sales & Revenue Operations, AMC Networks
- Caroline Clayton, SVP, Communications & Chief Marketing Officer, American Airlines
- Tim Natividad, GM, U.S. Head of Enterprise Sales, TikTok
- Andrea Kerr Redniss, Managing Director, MediaLink & Partner at UTA
- Aaron Sobol, Head of NA Media Investment & Data Governance, Unilever
They will serve alongside the existing Board members, including:
Executive Leadership:
- Jack Bamberger, Chair
- Jacki Kelley, Vice Chair, IPG
- Andy Narrai, Treasurer, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
- Laurel Rossi, Assistant Treasurer, Infillion
- Brandon Cooke, Secretary, FCB
- John Boiler, Assistant Secretary, Constellation Group
- Helen Lin, Immediate Past Chair, Publicis Groupe
Committee & Regional Leadership:
- Marcus Harper, Corporate Committee Chair, The Trade Desk
- Ross Martin, Corporate Committee Vice Chair (East), Known
- Soche Picard, Corporate Committee Vice Chair (Central), Arc North America
- Ernest Meadows III, Mosaic Council Chair
- Sheila Marmon, Digital Media Committee Chair, Mirror Digital
- Carla Michelotti, Government Affairs Chair, Carla R Michelotti, LLC
- Jeff Sheets, National Education Executive Council Chair, Brigham Young University
- David Campbell, American Advertising Awards Chair, Chernoff Newman
- Stephanie Price, Council of Governors Chair, Historic Hotels of America
- Megan Telencio, Eastern Region Chair, Lamar Advertising
- Shannon Steffke, Central Region Chair, Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith
- Christal Gammill, Western Region Chair, Team One
- Steve Pacheco, President & CEO, AAF
“The AAF continues to attract and retain the best volunteer leadership team in advertising,” said Steve Pacheco, AAF President & CEO. “With the addition of these five exceptional Board Members, we reinforce our commitment to strengthening and improving the advertising industry. Their leadership, expertise, and vision will help navigate the AAF through ongoing changes in our industry.”
New Corporate Partners Join AAF
In addition to its Board expansion, AAF has announced the latest companies joining its roster of Corporate Partners:
- American Airlines
- PayPal
- Spectrum Reach
- Travelers
These companies join an impressive lineup of existing Corporate Partners, including:
- fluent360
- BBDO
- Spotify
- Ally Financial
- NHL
- Meta
- Partners + Napier
- Elite Media
- P&G
- Paramount
- The Walt Disney Company
- The Room
- Indeed
- Omnicom
- RPA
- Mondelez
- OMD, USA
- Havas
- Michael Kassan LLC
- MediaLink
- SXM Media
- The Coca-Cola Company
- Ogilvy
- Clear Channel Outdoors America
- TikTok
- Crowd Here
- The Martin Agency
- Amazon Advertising
- TMA
- NCM
- FCB
- AT&T
- Walton Isaacson
- GroupM
- Canvas Worldwide
The newly elected Board members and corporate partners will officially assume their roles with the start of the AAF Fiscal Year on July 1, 2025.
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