FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AAF Announces Newest Members to Its 2025-2026 Board of Directors

The AAF continues to attract and retain the best volunteer leadership team in advertising.

WASHINGTON DC, MARCH 13, 2025—The American Advertising Federation (AAF), 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, 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 an existing list more than 60 brands, agencies, and media companies, listed here.

The new members will assume their roles effective the start of the AAF Fiscal Year, beginning July 1, 2025.

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