Jul 07

Ad Council Names Starcom CEO Its New Chair; Effie Picks Facebook Marketing VP

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Today brings word of the Advertising Council‘s annual changing of the guard: the industry group named Laura Desmond, Global CEO of Starcom MediaVest Group, to head its Board of Directors.

Council president Peggy Conlon calls Desmond “one of this country’s most respected leaders in the media and advertising communities”; she will serve for one year before being replaced by current Vice-Chair of Advertisers David Christopher, CMO of AT&T Mobility. Desmond herself filled that role in 2012-2013 after joining the board in 2009.

In other trade group news, Effie Worldwide chose Carolyn Everson (above), who has served as Facebook’s VP of Global Marketing Solutions for more than three years, as the Chairman of its Board. Daryl Lee, currently Global CEO of UM, will be Vice Chairman according to a popular vote.

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May 13

Effie Worldwide Names Naked Co-Founder as New CEO

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Nonprofit Effie Worldwide, sponsor of your favorite Effie Awards, has named a new president and CEO; current head Mary Lee Keane simultaneously announced plans to retire this summer after 20 years spent leading the organization.

Neal Davies, co-founder and partner at New York’s Naked Communications, will assume the top role in June.

Davies will be Effie’s first leader with an agency background: he moved from an in-house position at Kodak to assume top roles at TBWA and McCann before launching Naked’s New York office in 2006.

And he has some big shoes to fill…

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