The American Advertising Federation (AAF) unveiled the inductees for its 72nd Class of the Advertising Hall of Fame. Seven individuals, along with Unilever, will be honored. These honorees were elected by the Advertising Hall of Fame Council of Judges and is the highest distinction in the industry.
This year’s individual honorees are (in alphabetical order):
- Raรบl Alarcรณn, chairman of the board and CEO, Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.
- Cathie Black, principal, Madison Park Ventures; former chairman and president, Hearst Magazines
- Louis Carr, president of media sales, Black Entertainment Television (BET)
- Antonio J. Lucio, principal and founder, 5S Diversity and former global CMO at Meta, HP, Visa and PepsiCo
- Renetta E. McCann, chief inclusion experience officer, Publicis Groupe
- Aaron M. Walton, CEO, Walton Isaacson
- John Wren, chairman and CEO, Omnicom Group
Inductee Renetta E. McCann will also be presented with the distinguished David Bell Award for Industry Service, which recognizes extraordinary, unique contributions and service to the advertising industry as a whole. The award is named in honor of David Bell (Hall of Fame Class of 2007), a visionary leader and mentor to several generations of advertising professionals.
In addition to these seven industry luminaries, Unilever will be recognized as this year’s corporate honoree. Unilever’s vision is to deliver winning performance by being the global leader in sustainable business. Unilever is demonstrating how it drives competitive growth while improving the health of the planet, improving people’s health, confidence and wellbeing, and contributing to a fairer and more socially inclusive world. Unilever has a long history of being a progressive, responsible business across the 190 countries it operates in.
Carolyn Everson served as the chair of this year’s distinguished Council of Judges, having previously served as VP of Facebook’s Global Business Group for more than 10 years. Everson said, “The AAF Advertising Hall of Fame is the highest honor bestowed by our industry. To date, there have been only 275 individual inductees. Suffice to say, selection is just that – selective. It also reflects the deep appreciation and admiration we have for the selfless service of these illustrious leaders. Our industry would not be where it is today without them.”
Conny Braams, chief digital & commercial officer, Unilever, said, “It’s a great honor to be inducted into the AAF Advertising Hall of Fame. This recognition reflects the commitment of every single marketer at Unilever to deliver unmissable brand experiences powered by superior products, creativity, innovation, and purpose. We are proud that 3.4 billion consumers choose to use our brands daily, allowing us to drive real, meaningful change in the world, whether it’s Dove and self-esteem, Lifebuoy and handwashing, Domestos and sanitation, Knorr and sustainable agriculture, or Hellmann’s and food waste.”
Induction ceremonies will take place on April 27, 2023 at Cipriani Wall Street.
“The Advertising Hall of Fame is the biggest night in advertising,” said Steve Pacheco, president and CEO, American Advertising Federation. “It brings together the nation’s top leaders in American advertising, marketing and media and is another example of how AAF serves as the ‘unifying voice for advertising.’”
Carrie Coon Relishes Being Part Of An Ensemble–From “The Gilded Age” To “His Three Daughters”
It can be hard to catch Carrie Coon on her own.
She is far more likely to be found in the thick of an ensemble. That could be on TV, in "The Gilded Age," for which she was just Emmy nominated, or in the upcoming season of "The White Lotus," which she recently shot in Thailand. Or it could be in films, most relevantly, Azazel Jacobs' new drama, "His Three Daughters," in which Coon stars alongside Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen as sisters caring for their dying father.
But on a recent, bright late-summer morning, Coon is sitting on a bench in the bucolic northeast Westchester town of Pound Ridge. A few years back, she and her husband, the playwright Tracy Letts, moved near here with their two young children, drawn by the long rows of stone walls and a particularly good BLT from a nearby cafe that Letts, after biting into, declared must be within 15 miles of where they lived.
In a few days, they would both fly to Los Angeles for the Emmys (Letts was nominated for his performance in "Winning Time" ). But Coon, 43, was then largely enmeshed in the day-to-day life of raising a family, along with their nightly movie viewings, which Letts pulls from his extensive DVD collection. The previous night's choice: "Once Around," with Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfus.
Coon met Letts during her breakthrough performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?" on Broadway in 2012. She played the heavy-drinking housewife Honey. It was the first role that Coon read and knew, viscerally, she had to play. Immediately after saying this, Coon sighs.
"It sounds like something some diva would say in a movie from the '50s," Coon says. "I just walked around in my apartment in my slip and I had pearls and a little brandy. I made a grocery list and I just did... Read More