As Director of National Accounts, Ashley Giombetti manages the Ad Council’s relationships with over 50 U.S. media partners including television, print, digital, radio, out-of-home and emerging media. In her role she is responsible for securing donated media on behalf of the Ad Council’s 40+ public service campaigns such as Hunger Prevention, Autism Awareness and Job Training & Employment. She has developed strategic media partnerships with companies such as Buzzfeed, Spotify, Microsoft, Turner Broadcasting and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment among others.

Previously Ashley worked at HBO in the Affiliate Marketing department overseeing day-to-day responsibilities on the Comcast, DirecTV and DISH Network accounts. In this role, she was responsible for subscriber acquisition and retention efforts for both the HBO and Cinemax brands. She was also an integral part of the team that helped launch HBO’s TV Everywhere product, HBO GO.

Ashley is a graduate of Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications and currently lives in Jersey City, NJ with her husband.

As CEO of Kinetic U.S., David leads the development and implementation of effective communications with consumers on the move by overseeing new business development, supervising agency relations and managing the agency strategic direction. Kinetic is focused on delivering creative, content and media solutions out-of-home that visually excite consumers and are grounded in evidence-based insights. David launched the Chicago office of Kinetic in 2006 to work with Group M agencies and quickly expanded the office remit to include direct appointments with MillerCoors, Western Union, and JanSport.

Prior to joining Kinetic, David worked at Starcom MediaVest Group in strategic media planning, directing media development and tactical implementation for several brands including Starbucks Coffee Company, Handspring Visor, Allstate Insurance Company and Natuzzi USA. His work has been awarded with National and Gold Media Plan of the Year honors by OAAA, as well as Mediapost Digital OOH awards. He is proud to support charitable and pro-bono causes including the American Red Cross and End Demand IL.

David is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He lives in River Forest, IL with his wife and son.

Tim Nudd is senior editor for creative for Adweek. He began writing for Adweek in 1997 and has run its popular daily blog, AdFreak, since it launched in 2004. Tim also writes a weekly column for the magazine called The Spot, in which he deconstructs a major TV commercial each week. Tim's other work has appeared in publications including People, Life, The Village Voice and The Onion. Born in England and raised in Illinois, Tim now lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, with his wife and three children.