DDB Chicago Names New CEO

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CHICAGO DDB has named Rick Carpenter to take over as president and CEO of its Chicago office, where he succeeds Dana Anderson, who has stepped down, effective immediately.

Carpenter has led the network’s Los Angeles office for the past five years.

“I am very proud of my tenure and accomplishments at DDB, yet I want to take some time and be with my daughter before she leaves for college next year,” Anderson said in a statement.



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