If we look at the top 5 holding agencies in the US (accounting for over 358k employees), there seems to only be about nine Black Executive Creative Directors. Seven of us met for the first time in person, to discuss the current state of the advertising space.” - Walt Geer


Walter Geer  Executive Creative Director, Experience Design, VMLY&R

Walter Geer

Executive Creative Director, Experience Design, VMLY&R
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Andre Gray

Executive Creative Director, Grey Group
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Perry Fair

EVP, Global ECD, Global Director of Entertainment, McCann
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Sherman Winfield

Executive Creative Director, VMLY&R
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Kaleeta McDade  Global Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy

Kaleeta McDade

Global Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy
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Shannon Washington  SVP, ECD, Head of Creative R/GA New York

Shannon Washington

SVP, ECD, Head of Creative, R/GA New York
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Patrick Bennett

Executive Creative Director, Momentum Worldwide
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ADDITIONAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We recognize that there may be other Black ECDs, and will continue to update this list as we become aware of them. We appreciate and celebrate the following ECDs at the five major holding companies -



Production CREDITS

Executive Producers: New York Festivals + David Sable
Producers: Walter Geer + Scott Rose
Director/Editor: Jon Fatigate
Director of Photography: Scott Rosenbaum
Camera Operator/Grip: Brian McAward
Sound Engineer: Steven Onopa

Intro Music: Swift Holiday
Photography: Kim Casamento
Graphics: Paul White
PA: John Ottinger
PA: Lauren Murray
NYF Video Intro Editor: CharlesJ.media