The Acceptable Ads
Committee

The Acceptable Ads Committee establishes the criteria for what constitutes an Acceptable Ad. They thereby govern the Acceptable Ads Standard and set researched guidelines for which types of ads ad-blocking users will deem acceptable and that bring value to publishers and advertisers.

Established in 2017, the AAC creates nonintrusive, exceptionally researched ad standards that respect user experience while delivering real value to content publishers and online advertisers.

Presidency and Secretariat

AAC President
Terry Taouss
Secretary
Zack Sinclair
Facilitator

For-profit coalition

This coalition consists of business stakeholders, including advertisers, ad-tech providers, advertising agencies, publishers, and content creators.

For-profit coalition members

Advertisers

Representative

James Groh
Dometic Germany

Digital Marketing Manager EMEA

Members

Breanna Fowler

Strategic Partnerships & Advertising

James Groh

Digital Marketing Manager, EMEA

Josh McCreight

Director, Paid Media

Thomas Wrobel

Karina Miñano

Advisory group member

Erica Faybusovich

Campaign & Creative Manager

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Ad Tech Companies

Representative

SVP, Corporate Development

Members

Todd Garland

Founder

Sebastien Bock

GVP Tech & Product Programmatic & Data

Jon Malach

CEO

Henry Lau

Head of Partnerships

Alex Calic

Chief Revenue Officer

Henrik Lohk

Co-founder

Adtoma AB

Allan Jun Hirata

Manager Supply Partnerships and Solutions Projects

Mat Bennett

Managing Director

Tom Gabriele

Co-Founder

WowYow Inc.

Dan Greenberg

Founder & CEO

Eric Simon

COO

Lila Hunt

Head of Digital Ad Strategy

Andres Moran

Vice President of Sales & GM of Ad Marketplace

Pablo Altieri

CEO/Co-Founder

Mathieu Gallienne

Founder

Mark McEachran

Vice President, Product Management

Sandeep Taneja

Sr. Engineering Leadership

Tijana Vankovska

CEO

Saurabh Goel

CEO

Rob Janes

Head of Product

Hendrik Weins

Director, Global Publisher Success

Benoit Skinazi

CMO

Timur Yarnall

CEO

SoHee Han

General Manager of Korea

Jaime E. Andrade

Founding Partner

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Advertising Agencies

Representative

Laura Beaupre
LookListen

Media Supervisor

Members

Kevin Vanvalkenburgh

Vice President of Connections Planning

Tom Rathbone

Head of Technology

Christoph Bornschein

CEO/Founder

Will Perkins

Director of Paid Social & Marketplaces

Peter Smith

Hugh Scallon

Founder

Amy Williams

CEO

Charlie Thomas

Business Development Director

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Publishers & Content Creators

Representative

Trevor Heal
Stocktwits

VP of Advertising Operations

Members

Gavin Hall

CTO

TED

Nick Flood

Global Commercial Operations Director

Christian Hendricks

Founder

Scott Messer

VP Content Channels

Loic Dussart

Co-Founder

Dominick Miserandino

CEO

Natascha Chamuleau

Chief Advertising Officer

Rob Beeler

Founder and CEO

Matthew Whaley

Chief Strategy Officer

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Expert Coalition

User agents, creative agents, researchers, and academics are in this Group. They are stakeholders who are specialists in online advertising and ad blocking.

Expert Coalition members

Creative Agents

Representative

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Members

Tobias Eidem

BrandGlobe and former chairman of Sweden’s KIA-index

Casey Saran

CEO

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Researchers & Academics

Representative

Ratko Vidakovic
AdProfs

Founder & Principal

Members

Arvind Narayanan

Associate Professor

Lukasz Olejnik

Privacy Engineering Researcher

Ratko Vidakovic

CEO

Tobias Urban

Ph.D. student

Garrett Johnson

Assistant Professor

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User Agents

Representative

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Members

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User Advocate Coalition

This coalition consists of stakeholders who are defenders of user choice. Digital rights organizations and ad-blocking users make up this Group.

User Advocate Coalition members

Digital Rights Organizations

Representative

Linda Sherry
Consumer Action

Director National Priorities

Members

Holmes Wilson

Co-Founder/Co-director

Amelia Andersdotter

Chair

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Users

Representative

Zack Sinclair
Ad-blocking User

Members

Leli Schiestl

Ad-blocking User

Adham Zahran

Ad-blocking User

Vinay Majithia

Ad-blocking User

Lawrence Williams

Ad-blocking User

Paul King

Ad-blocking User

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The Committee Bylaws

Learn what governs the committee

The AAC is governed by a set of bylaws.