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.
California governor signs law to protect children from social media addiction
California will make it illegal for social media platforms to knowingly provide addictive feeds to children without parental consent beginning in 2027 under a new law Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Friday.
California follows New York state, which passed a law earlier this year allowing parents to block their kids from getting social media posts suggested by a platform's algorithm. Utah has passed laws in recent years aimed at limiting children's access to social media, but they have faced challenges in court.
The California law will take effect in a state home to some of the largest technology companies in the world. Similar proposals have failed to pass in recent years, but Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation law in 2022 barring online platforms from using users' personal information in ways that could harm children. It is part of a growing push in states across the country to try to address the impacts of social media on the well-being of children.
"Every parent knows the harm social media addiction can inflict on their children — isolation from human contact, stress and anxiety, and endless hours wasted late into the night," Newsom said in a statement. "With this bill, California is helping protect children and teenagers from purposely designed features that feed these destructive habits."
The law bans platforms from sending notifications without permission from parents to minors between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m., and between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. on weekdays from September through May, when children are typically in school. The legislation also makes platforms set children's accounts to private by default.
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