Advertising Hall of Achievement Members

*Titles are those held at time of induction.


2008 Inductees
  • Jon Gieselman, SVP, Advertising & PR,DIRECTV
  • Thom Gruhler, EVP, Global Account Director, McCann Worldgroup
  • Chris Kempczinski, VP, Marketing, Non Carbonated Beverages, Pepsi-Cola North America Beverages
  • Penry Price, VP, Advertising Sales, North America, Google Inc.
  • Elizabeth Ross, President, Americas & Global CMO, Tribal DDB Worldwide
  • Troy Ruhanen, EVP, Managing Director, BBDO North America
  • Stephen Stoute, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Translation Consultation + Brand Imaging
  • Andrew Swinand, President, Global Operations, Starcom MediaVest Group

2007 Inductees

2006 Inductees

2005 Inductees
  • Tim Armstrong, VP, advertising sales, Google Inc.
  • Laura Desmond, CEO, MediaVest USA
  • David Jones, global CEO, Euro RSCG Worldwide
  • Jacki Kelley, SVP, advertising, USA TODAY
    Jack Avrett Volunteer Spirit Awardee
  • Eric Silver, EVP, executive creative director, BBDO New York
  • Heidi Ueberroth, EVP, global media properties and marketing partnerships, NBA Entertainment
  • Liz Vanzura, global marketing director – HUMMER Division, General Motors Corporation

2004 Inductees
  • Paul Caine, publisher, PEOPLE
    Jack Avrett Volunteer Spirit Awardee
  • Susan Credle, EVP, creative director, BBDO New York
  • Matt Freeman, CEO, Tribal DDB Worldwide
  • Stacey Lynn Koerner, EVP, director, global research integration, Initiative
  • Aldo Quevedo, managing partner, executive creative director, Dieste Harmel & Partners
  • Julie Roehm,director, marketing communications, Chrysler, Jeep® and Dodge Brands, Chrysler Group
  • Andrea Wells, EVP, Chevrolet account director, Campbell-Ewald

2003 Inductees
  • Kathy Delaney, managing partner & executive creative director, Deutsch, Inc.
  • David Droga, global executive creative director, Publicis
  • Susan Mboya,associate director African American multicultural business development, Procter & Gamble
    Jack Avrett Volunteer Spirit Awardee
  • John Osborn,EVP, director of integrated marketing, BBDO North America and worldwide account director, BBDO New York
  • Stephen Pasierb, president & CEO, Partnership for a Drug-Free America
  • Michael Sands, chief marketing officer, Snapple Beverage Group and Mott's Inc.
  • Christopher Schroeder, CEO & publisher, Washingtonpost. Newsweek Interactive

2002 Inductees
  • Alex Bogusky, creative director/partner, Crispin Porter + Bogusky
  • Jeannine Shao Collins,VP/group publisher, Ladies' Home Journal and More Magazines, Meredith Corporation
  • Linda DeJesús, president, The Bravo Group
  • Scott Donaton, editor, Advertising Age, Crain Communications, Inc.
  • Earl G. Graves Jr., president & COO, BLACK ENTERPRISE Magazine
    Jack Avrett Volunteer Spirit Awardee
  • Richard Stoddart, marketing communications manager, Ford Motor Company
  • William Wrigley Jr., president & CEO, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company

2001 Inductees
  • Linda Thomas Brooks, executive vice president & managing director, GM Mediaworks and GM Cyberworks
  • Karen Edwards, VP-worldwide marketing, Yahoo!
  • Jack Griffin, president, Parade Publications
    Jack Avrett Volunteer Spirit Awardee
  • Chan Suh, chief executive officer, AGENCY.COM
  • Deborah Wahl, marketing communications manager, Lincoln Mercury
  • Tony Wright, chief strategy and planning officer, North America, Ogilvy and Mather Advertising
  • Anne Kallin Zehren, publisher, Teen People

2000 Inductees
  • August Busch IV, group vice president, marketing & wholesale operations, Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
  • Lee Ann Daly, senior vice president, marketing, ESPN, Inc.
  • Gary Epstein, president and chief executive officer, EURO RSCG Tatham
  • Kate Everett-Thorp, president and chief executive officer, Lot21
  • Eliot Kang, president and chief executive officer, Kang and Lee Advertising
  • Richard Kirshenbaum, co-founder and co-chairman, Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners
    Jack Avrett Volunteer Spirit Awardee
  • Ann Lewnes, vice president, director of consumer marketing group, Intel Corporation

1999 Inductees
  • Gilbert Davila, VP, Multicultural & Relationship Marketing, Sears Roebuck and Co.
  • Christy Haubegger, publisher, Latina Magazine
  • Philippe Krakowsky, SVP & corporate communications director, Young & Rubicam
  • William McKendry, founder & chief creative officer, Hanon McKendry
    Jack Avrett Volunteer Spirit Awardee
  • Kevin O’Connor, CEO & co-founder, DoubleClick
  • Matthew Ross, senior partner, managing director/IBM Brand, Ogilvy & Mather
  • Ian Rowden, VP-director of Worldwide Advertising, The Coca-Cola Co.

1998 Inductees
  • David Angelo, former EVP and Executive Creative Director, Cliff Freeman & Partners
  • Keith Clinkscales, former publisher, VIBE Magazine
  • John Farrell, president, DMB&B North America
  • Eleo Hensleigh, SVP, Marketing, Disney/ABC
  • Andrea Jung, president & COO, Avon Products
  • Lee Nadler, president, Digital Pulp
    Jack Avrett Volunteer Spirit Awardee
  • David Steward, former president & CEO, TV Guide

1997 Inductees
  • Mary L. Baglivo, CEO, Euro RSCG Tatham
  • J. Scott Crystal, publishing director, National Geographic Society
  • Dawn Hudson, SVP, Flavors, New Products, Packaging & Joint Ventures, PepsiCo
  • G.M. O'Connell, chairman & CEO, Modem Media.Poppe Tyson
  • Jack Rooney, VP-Marketing, Miller Brewing Company
  • Gary Topolewski, EVP, chief creative officer, Bozell, Detroit

1996 Inductees
  • Scott Bedbury, independent consultant
  • David Carey, publisher, The New Yorker
  • Tony Dieste, president, Dieste & Partners
  • Jim Harrington, senior partner, director, Client Service Development, Bozell Worldwide, Inc.
  • Timothy Weston Mapes, director, Worldwide Marketing Communications, Delta Air Lines
  • Linda Srere, president & CEO, Young & Rubicam New York
  • David Verklin, CEO, Carat North America

1995 Inductees
  • Kim Bealle, EVP, director of account management, Young & Rubicam
  • Ed Erhardt, VP, publisher, The Ad Age Group
  • Donna Kalajian, SVP, publisher, Cosmopolitan
  • Mike Lotito, EVP, chief media officer, Ammirati Puris Lintas
  • Jon Steel, Partner, general manager, director of planning, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
  • Anne Sweeney, president, The Disney Channel & Disney/ABC Cable Networks

1994 Inductees
  • Kirk Citron, president, Citron Haligman Bedecarre
  • Lee Garfinkel, co-chairman, chief creative officer, Lowe & Partners/SMS
  • Scott Kurnit, chairman & CEO, The Mining Company
  • William J. Ludwig, EVP, creative director, Campbell-Ewald Advertising
  • Nora McAniff, publisher, People Weekly
  • Wenda Harris Millard, EVP, Marketing & Sales, DoubleClick
  • Glenn Smith, General Media (posthumous)

1993 Inductees
  • Sheri Baron, president, Gotham Inc.
  • Mary Berner, publisher, Glamour Magazine
  • Donny Deutsch, CEO, Deutsch, Inc.
  • William L. Katz, president, Chief Operating Officer, BBDO New York
  • Ken Mandelbaum,independent consultant
  • Jim Speros, partner, Ernst & Young LLP



For more information about the Advertising Hall of Achievement, contact Lisa Rubin at 1-800-999-2231 or lrubin@aaf.org.