AOL's Tim Armstrong Elected as Chairman of The Ad Council

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Advertising Council announced today that Tim Armstrong, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AOL, has been elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Advertising Council.

Mr. Armstrong has been a member of the Ad Council Board of Directors since 2008, most recently serving as its Vice Chairman. As Chairman, he succeeds Brian Perkins, Corporate Vice President, Johnson & Johnson, and will serve in this position for one year.

"Tim has been a valued member of our Board over the past two years and we are thrilled to have him as our new Chairman," said Peggy Conlon, President & CEO of The Advertising Council. "His considerable experience in online and social media will help us expand the reach and impact of our campaigns."

Tim Armstrong has been Chairman and CEO, AOL since April 2009.  AOL is one of the largest global Internet brands with operations across North America, Europe, and Asia.  AOL also owns a series of well-known brands such as MapQuest, Engadget, Moviefone, and Advertising.com.  Tim Armstrong joined AOL from Google where he was President of The Americas Operations.

The Ad Council has an ongoing tradition of rotating Board Chairs between our founding sectors which include media companies, advertising agencies, and corporate advertisers.  Tim will be succeeded by Vice Chair Andrew Robertson, President & CEO, BBDO in 2011, and the newly elected Vice Chair Marc Pritchard, Global Marketing Officer, The Procter & Gamble Company in 2012.  

In addition, the Ad Council also elected fourteen new members to its Board of Directors. The new directors are:

• Mark Addicks, VP & CMO, General Mills
• Salman Amin, Global Head of Sales and Marketing, PepsiCo, Inc
• Nick Brien, CEO, McCann Worldgroup
• David Christopher, CMO, AT&T Mobility
• Mainardo de Nardis, CEO, OMD Worldwide
• Rich Eigendorff, COO, MTV Corporation
• Mike Kelly, President & CEO, The Weather Channel
• Chris Moloney CMO, Experian Consumer Direct
• Erin Nelson, SVP & CMO, Dell
• Rob Norman, CEO, GroupM North America
• John Seifert, North American Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
• Mollie Spilman, SVP, Global B2B Marketing, Yahoo!
• Tony Vinciquerra, President & CEO, Fox Networks
• David Zaslav, President & CEO, Discovery Communications

The Ad Council

The Ad Council is a private, non-profit organization with a rich history of marshalling volunteer talent from the advertising and media industries to deliver critical messages to the American public. Having produced literally thousands of PSA campaigns addressing the most pressing social issues of the day, the Ad Council has effected, and continues to effect, tremendous positive change by raising awareness, inspiring action and saving lives.

SOURCE The Ad Council