Lisa Sherman

President and Chief Executive Officer, Advertising Council

Extensive experience in moulding and leading national communications companies. Formerly: executive and senior-level marketing, advertising and operating positions, Verizon Communications; Executive Vice-President, Hill, Holliday Connors, Cosmopulos, part of Interpublic Group of Companies; with Viacom, helping to launch LogoTV. November 2014, joined the Ad Council, the national non-profit organization behind impactful public service campaigns in the US, leveraging the power of the media, leading creative and digital agencies and influencers to change opinions and behaviours around pressing social issues; currently, President and Chief Executive Officer; oversees more than 40 integrated public service communications programmes on behalf of national non-profit organizations and federal government agencies, including Autism Speaks, Feeding America, American Heart Association, FEMA and the US Department of Health and Human Services. Co-Founder, Women’s Sport Network, a marketing services company dedicated to the marketing and management of sports, entertainment and promotions for Fortune 500 companies to reach teens, women and families through their passion for sports. Metzger-Conway Fellow, Dickinson College. Vice-Chair, God’s Love We Deliver. Recipient of awards and honours, including: Women to Watch 2015, Ad Age; YWCA’s Academy of Women Leaders.

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