The American Advertising Federation, the “Unifying Voice for Advertising,” announced the newest members to its 2025-26 Board of Directors. Members were voted on by the AAF Executive Committee at the association’s Spring Board of Directors Meeting held yesterday in Washington, DC.
The new members include:
- Evan Adlman, EVP Commercial Sales & Revenue Operations, AMC Networks
- Caroline Clayton, SVP Communications and Chief Marketing Officer, American Airlines
- Tim Natividad, GM, US Head of Enterprise Sales, TikTok
- Andrea Kerr Redniss, Managing Director, MediaLink & Partner at UTA
- Aaron Sobol, Head of NA Media Investment and Data Governance, Unilever
They join a Board which already includes:
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
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, American Advertising Federation
“The AAF continues to attract and retain the best volunteer leadership team in advertising,” said Steve Pacheco, President & CEO, AAF. “We have added five new Board Members who share our desire to improve the advertising industry. This diverse and experienced group of acknowledged and respected leaders and visionaries will help steer the AAF through the next few years while we face lots of changes and upheaval within the advertising industry.”
Also announced were AAF’s newest Corporate Partners:
- American Airlines
- PayPal
- Spectrum Reach
- Travelers
They join existing Corporate Partners including (in non-alphabetical order):
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
Tik Tok
Crowd Here
The Martin Agency
Amazon Advertising
TMA
NCM
FCB
AT&T
Walton Issacson
GroupM
Canvas Worldwide
The new members will assume their roles effective the start of the AAF Fiscal Year, beginning July 1, 2025.
ABOUT AAF
The AAF’s Board of Directors guides and oversees the Federation’s signature events and initiatives, including the Advertising Hall of Fame, Advertising Hall of Achievement, American Advertising Awards, Advertising Day on the Hill, Most Promising Multicultural Students Program, and HBCUs for Advertising – all serving the Federation’s 35,000+ professional members nationwide, 4,000+ students and educators, and more than 60+ corporate members spanning media and tech companies, advertisers and agencies. Established in 1905, the American Advertising Federation (AAF), acts as “The Unifying Voice for Advertising.” Visit https://aaf.org/.
