Legal Affairs Committee
The Legal Affairs Committee has been formed under the auspices of Douglas Wood, ANA General Counsel, and Dan Jaffe, ANA Group Executive Vice President. Its charter is broad - to address, discuss, and seek solutions to the myriad legal issues advertisers face that relate to challenges to their advertising content and practices.
This committee also holds an annual Advertising Law and Public Policy Conference.
Discussion Topics
- Protecting advertisers' free speech rights and confronting laws, regulatory initiatives, and lawsuits attacking established advertising practices
- Legal challenges confronting the business side of the industry: managing relationships with advertising agencies and media, claims for copyright and trademark infringement, violations of rights of privacy and publicity, idea misappropriation, and deceptive comparative advertising
| Name | Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas Wood (Consulting Member) | Partner | Reed Smith LLP |
| Michael Allen | Vice President - Law, Marketing and Sales | Sprint Corporation |
| Matthew Aufman | Corporate Counsel | Welch Foods Inc. |
| Vanita Banks | Counsel | Allstate Insurance Company |
| Kathryn Barrett Park | Senior Counsel, Advertising and Brand Management | General Electric Company |
| Roger Bartos | Director and Senior Counsel, Law and Compliance | Discover |
| Mary Bedell | Vice President Food & Regulatory Law | Hillshire Brands Company |
| Maria Benedis | Senior Counsel | Canon U.S.A., Inc. |
| Andrea Bernard | Vice President, Associate General Counsel - Marketing and Trademark | Colgate-Palmolive Company |
| George Brennan | Senior Counsel | Nestlé USA |
| Suzanne Catanzaro | Senior Counsel | ConAgra Foods Inc. |
| Karen Chin | Staff Counsel, Marketing and Consumer Law | Verizon Wireless Inc. |
| Todd Christensen | Managing Counsel, Corporate Marketing Group Legal | Intel Corporation |
| Marilyn Colaninno | Director of Rights and Clearances | Reed Smith LLP |
| Anca Cornis-Pop | Senior Counsel, Global Marketing | Avon Products, Inc. |
| Norman Cramer | Assistant General Counsel | MillerCoors LLC |
| Michael Cronin | Associate General Counsel - Corporate | IBM Corporation |
| Jodi Daniels | Director of Privacy | AutoTrader.com, LLC |
| Isabelle Dorlan | Attorney | United States Postal Service |
| Jim Dudukovich | Marketing Counsel, CCNA | Coca-Cola Company |
| Adam Ekonomon | Assistant General Counsel, Marketing and Regulatory | The J. M. Smucker Company |
| Robyn Ettricks | Associate Counsel | Vanguard Group, Inc. |
| Vicky Ferrazza | Vice President, Corporate Counsel | Prudential Insurance Company of America |
| Alexander Francis | International Programs Coordinator | Almond Board of California |
| L. Lynnette Fuller-Andrews | Assistant General Counsel | Hanesbrands, Inc. |
| Amy Funk | Senior Group Counsel | Target Corporation |
| Chris Garber | Managing Counsel | Nationwide |
| Marjorie Garcia | Legal Counsel | Universal Music Group |
| Jennifer Garone | Senior Privacy Strategist | Microsoft Corporation |
| Alexander Gavis | Vice President & Associate General Counsel | Fidelity Investments |
| Jenevra Georgini | Associate General Counsel | American International Group, Inc. |
| Jay Golder | Corporate Counsel | Enterprise Holdings, Inc. |
| Marisa Gomez | Assistant General Counsel | Capital One Services, Inc. |
| Kimberly Griffin | Vice President and Corporate Counsel | 24 Hour Fitness |
| Mark Gustaferro | Associate General Counsel | General Mills, Inc. |
| Tiffany Hall | VP, Marketing Transactions Counsel | MasterCard Worldwide |
| Beth Hill | Assistant General Counsel and Director of Information Governance & Legal Affairs | FordDirect |
| Christy Hubbard | Senior Counsel, Marketing, Operations and Services | PetSmart, Inc. |
| David Hubbard | VP & Deputy General Counsel - Marketing | Verizon Communications |
| Sabrina Hudson | Associate Director - Corporate Counsel | H. J. Heinz Company |
| Jane Jeannero | Senior Corporate Counsel | Kellogg Company |
| Aaron Johnson | Director, Business Strategy | American Licorice Company |
| Mariola Kalinska | Senior Client Manager | GreenLight Rights |
| Catherine Karol | Counsel | General Motors Company |
| Sharon Kohn | Senior Counsel | Kraft Foods Group, Inc. |
| Stephanie Kornblum | Attorney | Microsoft Corporation |
| Beth Kotran | Counsel | Ferrero USA, Inc. |
| Thomas Lalla | General Counsel & Vice President, Administration | Pernod Ricard USA |
| Sheila Lehr | Managing Counsel | McDonald`s Corporation |
| Liza Levitt | Assistant General Counsel | Intuit Inc. |
| James Lewis | Global IP Counsel | Kellogg Company |
| Michael Madigan | Managing Counsel - Brands and Trademarks | R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company |
| Jennifer Magyar | Director Global Contracts & Advertising | Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust |
| Robin McDougall | Paralegal | Lufthansa German Airlines |
| Kristin McQueen | Senior Vice President, Worldwide Business and Legal Affairs | The Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Inc. |
| Michael McSunas | Senior Counsel | Chrysler Group LLC |
| Michael McVickar | Associate General Counsel | General Growth Properties, Inc. |
| Michael Monahan | Director - Regulatory Affairs | Mattel, Inc. |
| Heather Moyer | Associate Counsel | Vanguard Group, Inc. |
| Keith Murphy | Vice President, Government Relations and Regulatory Counsel | Viacom, Inc. |
| Dan Noonan | Legal Director | Dell Inc. |
| Kim O`Brien | Legal Manager, Advertising & Trademark Compliance | Burger King Corporation |
| Ken Patel | Vice President & Associate General Counsel | The Procter & Gamble Company |
| Beverly Porway | Associate General Counsel | Reckitt Benckiser |
| Chris Roblyer | Senior Managing Counsel, Strategic Marketing | Coca-Cola Company |
| Amy Rodgers | Senior Attorney | Shell Oil Company |
| Adam Sand | Associate General Counsel | Ancestry.com Inc. |
| Brent Sanders | Associate General Counsel | Microsoft Corporation |
| Kevin Saul | Associate General Counsel | Apple Inc. |
| Linda Schneider | Assistant General Counsel | GlaxoSmithKline |
| Scott Seewald | Counsel | Alcoa Inc. |
| Cassidy Sehgal | Vice President, Advertising and Social Media Counsel | L`Oréal USA |
| Mert Simons | General Attorney | AT&T Services, Inc. |
| Yvonne Skasko | Senior Attorney | AT&T Inc. |
| Christopher Sloan | Assistant Vice President and Senior Corporate Counsel | Liberty Mutual Group |
| Rosa Son | Senior Counsel | Johnson & Johnson |
| Barbara Stevens | Vice President and Corporate Counsel | Prudential Insurance Company of America |
| Lesley Weber | Senior Attorney | Allstate Insurance Company |
| Sidney White | General Attorney | AT&T Consumer Services |
| James Williams | Attorney | General Motors Company |
| Po Yi | Vice President and Chief Advertising Counsel | American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. |
| David Buzby | Director, Government Relations | ANA |
| Daniel Jaffe | Group Executive Vice President, Government Relations | ANA |
| Meghan Salome | Manager, Government Relations | ANA |
| Keith Scarborough | Senior Vice President, Government Relations | ANA |
