Bozeman – Executive Director @ AAF Foundation.

The American Advertising Federation (AAF) announced the appointment of Gail Mobley Bozeman to executive director-AAF Foundation. She will also continue in her role as vice president-event management.

As executive director, Bozeman will oversee all programming and budget operations of The AAF Foundation, the only tax-deductible educational foundation devoted exclusively to the support of programs that advance the mutual interests of advertising students, faculty members and advertising. The mission of The AAF Foundation is to empower the advertising industry to capitalize on America’s changing demographic landscape. Its programs include the Vance Stickell Memorial Student Internship, Milt Gossett Advertising Workshop, Most Promising Minority Students program and the creation of an Advertising Hall of Fame online exhibit.

Continuing as vice president-event management, Bozeman will maintain her leadership role in managing the AAF’s ADDY(r) Awards, the world’s largest advertising competition, which has grown in scope and stature under her direction. Bozeman will be directing the start-up of the new ADDY(r) online entry process that will rollout on September 1, 2002. She will continue as the event contact for the AAF Mosaic Center on Multiculturalism.

Bozeman has nearly 20 years of experience in various aspects of event and project management, and joined the AAF as director-club services in 1995. Prior to joining the AAF, she was manager of programs and events at the Suburban MD Building Industry Association. Her employment with the Department of Defense included serving as a social service representative for U.S. Army Community Service in Seoul, South Korea.

As the “Unifying Voice for Advertising,” the American Advertising Federation (AAF), headquartered in Washington, D.C., with a Western Region office in Newport Beach, Calif., is the trade association that represents 50,000 professionals in the advertising industry. AAF’s 130 corporate members are advertisers, agencies and media companies that comprise the nation’s leading brands and corporations. AAF has a national network of 210 ad clubs and connects the industry with an academic base through its 210 college chapters.