Board of Directors

The 4A’s Foundation Board’s purpose is to provide leadership and direction across all programs and through their collective imaginations help to develop and guide the 4A’s Foundation as it adapts to meet the challenges and opportunities that the industry faces.

Jeff Monahan (Co-Chair)
Founder & Creative Director
Proper Villains

Ruston Spurlock (Co-Chair)
Founder & CEO
​Spurlock and Partners, LLC

Sara Porritt (Deputy Chair)
Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer 
​OMG

Renee Jennings (Treasurer)
Chief Financial Officer
JOAN Creative

​Ashley McGowan
Global Business Equality Lead
Facebook

Ashok Sinha
SVP and Head of Corporate
Communications 
​Audacy

Chris Loll
COO, Media & Sponsorship
Live Nation

Deidre Smalls-Landau
Chief Market Officer & EVP, Global Culture
UM Worldwide

Denise Wong
CEO
One & All Agency

Emily Sander
VP/Creative Director
MullenLoweUS

Jennifer Risi
Founder & President
The Sway Effect

Luis Miguel Messianu
Creative Chairman-CEO
Alma

Lukeisha Paul
Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
​GroupM U.S.

Marla Kaplowitz
President & CEO
​4A's

Dr. Paula Massood
Professor, Film Studies,
​Dept. of Film
Brooklyn College, CUNY

Ronald Lewis
VP, Creative Director
McCann Health 

Renetta McCann
Chief Inclusion Experiences Officer
​Publicis Groupe
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Sadie Thoma
Director, US Creative Partnerships
Google

Saneel Radia
Chief Executive Officer
​Proto

Vann Graves
Executive Director
Brandcenter VCU
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Walter Geer III
Executive Creative Director, Experience Design
VMLY&R