Leadership & Talent

NBCUniversal's Linda Yaccarino Named Ad Council Board Chair

The ad sales chief takes over from Facebook CRO David Fischer

Linda Yaccarino first joined the Ad Council's board in 2014.NBCUniversal
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By Jason Lynch

January 6, 2021

The Ad Council has a new board chair: Linda Yaccarino, NBCUniversal’s chairman of global advertising and partnerships, will head up the nonprofit’s board of directors.

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Jason Lynch

Jason Lynch is TV editor at Adweek, overseeing trends, technology, personalities and programming across broadcast, cable and streaming video.

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