FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

American Advertising Federation Welcomes Seven New Board Members and Eight New Corporate Members

Washington, DC, May 3, 2021 – The American Advertising Federation (AAF) today announced that Jack Bamberger, Chief Commercial Officer at Amobee; Melissa Barnes, VP of Canada and Latin America at Twitter; Brian Benedik, Global Revenue Officer at Niantic; Steven Kritzman, SVP, Advertising Sales at Pandora; Tom Morton, Chief Strategy Officer US at R/GA; Hayley Romer, Chief Revenue Officer and Publisher at The Atlantic and Briana de Veer, Group Creative Director at Coca-Cola, will join the AAF’s Board of Directors. 

The AAF also welcomes eight new Corporate Members including Amobee, Known, Lerma Agency, Niantic, Sony Music Group, The Atlantic, TikTok and Twitter.

Steve Pacheco, President & CEO of the AAF commented, “We are pleased to have so many advertising, media and marketing leaders on our board. Our mission has always been to represent every section of the advertising industry and advocate on their behalf. As “The Unifying Voice for Advertising” our new Board Members and Corporate Members reflect that mission and are willing to serve and support our important role in the industry.

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, Most Promising Multicultural Student Program, Mosaic Awards, AdCamp, National Student Advertising Competition and the Institute for Advertising Ethics—all serving the Federation's 30,000 professional members nationwide, 4,000 student members and more than 50 corporate members spanning media companies, advertisers and agencies.

For more information about the AAF's Board of Directors and partnership opportunities, please contact Linda Moore at [email protected] or at (202) 898-0089.

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