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    Ad Council elects new members to its board of directors

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    NEW YORK --

    The Ad Council, the non-profit organization dedicated to using communications to drive social change, elected new members to its board of directors at its fall meeting held virtually yesterday. Hayley Romer, chief revenue officer and publisher of The Atlantic, has been named secretary of the board, succeeding Laura Corb, sr. partner, McKinsey & Company. The Ad Council Board is chaired by David Fischer, chief revenue officer, Facebook. Vice chairs include Linda Yaccarino, chairman, advertising sales and client partnerships, NBCUniversal, Jacki Kelley, CEO, Dentsu International, and Diego Scotti, chief marketing officer at Verizon.

    The Ad Council’s board of directors is comprised of a prestigious group of senior marketing and media executives who provide expertise, insights and financial support to ensure the Ad Council’s social good communication campaigns are effective and impactful. Most recently, the Ad Council board of directors led the media, marketing, advertising and entertainment industry’s response to the COVID-19 crisis with unprecedented communications efforts.

    New members of the Ad Council Board of Directors include:

    • David Cohen, CEO, Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)
    • Seth Dallaire, chief revenue officer, Instacart
    • Leslie Gillin, CMO, JPMorgan Chase
    • Michael Guth, SVP and CMO, Spectrum Reach, the advertising sales business of Charter Communications
    • Elizabeth Herbst-Brady, VP, head of North American sales & global client solutions, Verizon Media
    • Lee Hurley, CMO, Northwestern Mutual
    • Sean Lyons, global CEO, R/GA
    • Scott Kelliher, head of brand advertising & partnerships, eBay Ads
    • Matt Kohan, VP, marketing culture & capabilities, Anheuser-Busch
    • Suzanne Kounkel, CMO, Deloitte
    • Barri Rafferty, EVP, head of communications, Wells Fargo
    • Elizabeth Rutledge, CMO, American Express
    • Cara Sabin, CEO, Sundial Brands, Unilever
    • Melissa Selcher, chief marketing and communications officer, LinkedIn
    • Raj Singhal, COO, Huge
    • Tim Sims, chief revenue officer, The Trade Desk
    • Marisa Thalberg, EVP, chief brand and marketing officer, Lowe’s
    • Alicia Tillman, global CMO, SAP
    • Sebastian Tomich, global head of advertising, marketing solutions, New York Times
    • Mark Zagorski, CEO, DoubleVerify

    “The critical social change needed today requires cross-industry collaboration, leadership and commitment,” said Lisa Sherman, president and CEO of the Ad Council. “Our board of directors epitomizes the best and brightest across the marketing and media communities who share an unyielding commitment to improving the world. I’m so excited to welcome our newest members and leverage their innovation and passion as we address the most important social issues facing our country.”

    The Ad Council also added two new members to its Leadership Council, which consists of executives across media, tech, marketing and advertising who identify ways their companies can support Ad Council campaigns and the country’s most critical social issues. 

    New members of the Ad Council Leadership Council:
     

    • Paula Davis, chief communications officer, Colgate-Palmolive Company
    • Samantha Roth, VP communications, National Football League
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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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