Daisy Expósito-Ulla, Chairman/ CEO, d expósito & Partners, to accept Advertising Educational Foundation’s Agency of the Year award

d expósito & Partners will receive the Agency of the Year award from The Advertising Educational Foundation (AEF) at the 2015 AEF Honors Night, and it will be accepted by Daisy Expósito-Ulla, Chairman/CEO of the agency. The AEF Honors Night will take place on Thursday, June 4, 2015, at The University Club, in New York City.
 
In awarding d expósito & Partners, the AEF is recognizing Daisy Expósito-Ulla’s contributions to American advertising. “Through her leading role in the development and evolution of multicultural marketing, Daisy Expósito-Ulla has had a major impact in communications in the U.S.A,” noted Paula Alex, President & CEO, Advertising Educational Foundation, in announcing the award. The AEF honor is especially significant this year, as 2015 marks the tenth anniversary of d expósito & Partners.
 
Other honorees this year are: John Hayes, Chief Marketing Officer, receiving the Advertiser Award for American Express Company; Robert Pittman, Chairman/CEO, receiving the Media Award for iHeartMedia, Inc.; and Peggy Conlon, Retired President and CEO of The Advertising Council, who will receive the AEF Lifetime Achievement Award.
 
For each of their award categories, the AEF recognizes outstanding representative companies and industry leaders from each of the foundation’s constituencies ––advertisers, agencies and media–– for their accomplishments in communications and for their support of the AEF. Previous recipients of the Agency of the Year award include: J. Walter Thompson (2014); Saatchi & Saatchi (2013); R/GA (2012); Deutsch (2011); Grey Group (2010); Interpublic (2009); Publicis (2008); Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide (2007); Omnicom (2006); McCann Worldgroup (2005); JWT (2004); Leo Burnett (2003); Young & Rubicam (2002); and True North Communications (2001).
 
Daisy Expósito-Ulla has long been a trusted resource and ardent supporter of AEF, from her early days at Y&R’s Bravo, and now through d expósito & Partners’ continued involvement in AEF programs and activities, and her participation as a member of the AEF Board of Directors. She is a recipient of various industry recognitions, such as Clio and Effie awards, and her trailblazing industry and community leadership has been acknowledged with the Matrix, Carvel’s Immigrant, Carnegie Foundation and New York’s International Center awards. She was a founding member and president of the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies (AHAA) and was appointed by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg to serve as City Commissioner on New York’s Arts and Entertainment Commission. Her agency is a recent twice recipient of the David Ogilvy Award from the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF).