Jacki Kelley, executive vice president and Chief Client Officer and Chief Business Officer at Interpublic Group, was named American Advertising Federation Board Chair for the 2025-26 Fiscal Year.  She most recently served as Vice Chair.  She succeeds outgoing Chair Jack Bamberger. Steve Pacheco leads the organization as president and CEO.   

The appointment came during AAF’s annual gathering—known as the Admerica National Conference—held earlier this week in Pittsburgh.  

Carmen Graf, global vice president, marketing, advertising, media and events at Indeed, was named Vice Chair.   

The winner of this year’s National Student Advertising Competition was Texas State University for a campaign to AT&T.  

The Mosaic 10 Awards recognize creative excellence among campaigns that “best reflect the heartbeat of today’s audiences.”  It is recognition voted on by the general public. This year, a campaign created by Gut Miami and Google Creative Lab for Google Pixel – “Javier in Frame” – was voted #1. “Traditions Shared” from Panda Express + The Many was voted #2. Click here to view all of this year’s Mosaic 10.  

The Barton A. Cummings Gold Medal Award was established by the AAF Board of Directors to recognize distinguished individuals for their service to advertising through volunteer work with the AAF. Scott Hamula, Professor and Chair of Strategic Communications at Ithaca College, was named this year’s winner.