CHICAGO, IL / AGILITYPR.NEWS / September 17, 2024 /

For Immediate Release: September 17, 2024

Contact: Amy Gwiazdowski, agwiazdowski@ama.org

American Marketing Association Foundation Announces New Board of Directors Members

Kimberly A. Whitler Announced as New AMA Foundation Board Chair 

Chicago, IL—The American Marketing Association (AMA) Foundation is thrilled to announce new members for the 2025 Board of Directors. The AMA Foundation Board of Directors is made up of volunteer leaders and impactful marketing visionaries who are providing insight and guidance to create the essential community for marketers. 

Through its work, the AMA Foundation seeks to elevate marketing visionaries, empower future generations, and inspire a more diverse industry and ensure marketing research impacts public good. Learn more about the AMA Foundation.

The new Board appointments are effective July 1, 2024 and more information about the AMA Foundation’s Board of Directors is here.

“I’m excited to welcome our new members of the AMA Foundation Board of Directors. Our Foundation Board members are extraordinary leaders in the community and we are thankful for their service and the impact they are creating in the marketing world,” said Bennie F. Johnson, AMA’s Chief Executive Officer. “I also want to thank the outgoing members of the Board for their service and dedication to our Foundation.”

“I look forward to working with my colleagues on the AMA Foundation Board as we seek to shape the future of marketing and support our incredible community,” said AMA Foundation Board Chair, Kimberly A. Whitler, Frank M. Sands Sr. Associate Professor of Business at University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. 

New members of the AMA Foundation Board:

• Michael Ahearne, Professor of Marketing and C.T. Bauer Chair in Marketing at University of Houston
• William Cron, Visiting Professor at University of California-Davis and Professor Emeritus at Texas Christian University
• Lisa Gudding, President, Strategic Growth, at IPSOS
• Jim Lecinski, Clinical Associate Professor of Marketing at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management
• Rebeca Perren, Associate Professor of Marketing at California State University San Marcos

Continuing members of the AMA Foundation Board:

• Shanita Akintonde, President of ShanitaSpeaks, LLC
• Hami Vo Arrington, Founder of One Foot Over
• Robert Leone, J. Vaughn and Evelyne H. Wilson Chair in Marketing at Texas Christian University
• Linda L. Price, Professor of Marketing and Dick and Maggie Scarlett Chair of Business Administration at University of Wyoming
• Aric Rindfleisch, John M. Jones Professor of Marketing and Executive Director of the Illinois MakerLab at University of Illinois
• Kimberly A. Whitler, Frank M. Sands Sr. Associate Professor of Business at University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business 

Departing members of the AMA Foundation Board include: 

• Megan Lau, Director of Marketing Research at Microsoft
• Stephanie M. Noble, Nestlé USA Professor of Marketing and William B. Stokely Faculty Research Fellow at University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business
• Ric Sweeney, Professor of Marketing at University of Cincinnati 

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