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    The Ad Council appoints 18 members to its board of directors

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    Melanie Boulden, chief marketing officer, North America operating unit, The Coca-Cola Company
    NEW YORK --

    The Ad Council, a non-profit organization dedicated to using the power of communications to drive social change, elected 18 new members to its board of directors during its fall meeting held virtually on Wednesday (10/27). The organization’s board is chaired by Linda Yaccarino, chairman, global advertising and partnerships, NBCUniversal. Vice chairs include Jacki Kelley, CEO, Dentsu Aegis Network, Americas, and Diego Scotti, EVP and chief marketing officer at Verizon.

    The Ad Council’s board of directors is comprised of a group of senior marketing and media executives who provide expertise, insights and financial support to ensure the organization’s social good campaigns are effective and impactful. Most recently, the Ad Council’s board of directors led the industry’s response to COVID-19 and the launch of the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative’s COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative, the most significant public education effort in U.S. history.

    New members of the Ad Council board of directors are:

    • Melanie Boulden, Chief Marketing Officer, North America Operating Unit, The Coca-Cola Company
    • Fiona Carter, CMO, Goldman Sachs
    • Brandon Cooke, Global Partner, Global Chief Marketing & Reputation Officer, FCB
    • Kyle Dropp, Co-Founder & President, Morning Consult
    • Carolyn Everson, President, Instacart
    • Michelle Froah, SVP Global Marketing Strategy & Sciences, MetLife
    • Jennifer Gottlieb, Global President, Real Chemistry
    • Alyson Griffin, Head of Marketing, State Farm
    • Carla Hassan, CMO, JPMorgan Chase
    • Charisse Hughes, SVP & Global CMO, Kellogg Company
    • Peter Jung, CMO, NASCAR
    • Jill Kramer, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Accenture
    • Marne Levine, Chief Business Officer, Facebook
    • Kirk McDonald, North America CEO, GroupM
    • Sarah Personette, Chief Customer Officer, Twitter
    • Dan Robbins, VP, Ad Marketing, Roku
    • Kern Schireson, CEO, KNOWN
    • Donna Speciale, President of Advertising Sales & Marketing, Univision Communications

     
    “The talent, creativity and resources that our board continually leverages to address our nation’s most pressing issues fuels the Ad Council’s ability to drive measurable change for social good. We’re looking forward to collaborating with these innovative leaders to further galvanize the industry around purpose-driven work,” said Lisa Sherman, president and CEO of the Ad Council.

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    Ex-OpenAI engineer who raised legal concerns about the technology he helped build has died

    Saturday, December 21, 2024
    Suchir Balaji poses for a photo in Hawaii in 2018. Balaji was a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who died in November 2024. (Balaji Ramamurthy via AP)

    Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials. He was 26.

    Balaji worked at OpenAI for nearly four years before quitting in August. He was well-regarded by colleagues at the San Francisco company, where a co-founder this week called him one of OpenAI's strongest contributors who was essential to developing some of its products.

    "We are devastated to learn of this incredibly sad news and our hearts go out to Suchir's loved ones during this difficult time," said a statement from OpenAI.

    Balaji was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on Nov. 26 in what police said "appeared to be a suicide. No evidence of foul play was found during the initial investigation." The city's chief medical examiner's office confirmed the manner of death to be suicide.

    His parents Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy said they are still seeking answers, describing their son as a "happy, smart and brave young man" who loved to hike and recently returned from a trip with friends.

    Balaji grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and first arrived at the fledgling AI research lab for a 2018 summer internship while studying computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. He returned a few years later to work at OpenAI, where one of his first projects, called WebGPT, helped pave the way for ChatGPT.

    "Suchir's contributions to this project were essential, and it wouldn't have succeeded without him," said OpenAI co-founder John Schulman in a social media post memorializing Balaji. Schulman, who recruited Balaji to his team, said what... Read More

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