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Ann Fudge: corporate pioneer - Center Stage - Brief Article
Ebony, July, 2003
ANN FUDGE, who made a national reputation as a brilliant corporate executive at Kraft Foods, became the first African-American to head a major advertising agency when she was named CEO of Young & Rubicam Inc., a division of WPP Group. She will oversee the Young & Rubicam advertising agency, the Landor Associates branding firm and the public relations firm Burson-Marstellar, among others.
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The Young & Rubicam agency is a major industry force which has developed ad campaigns for Lincoln-Mercury, AT&T, Colgate, Sears and Metropolitan Life. Fudge, who left her post as group vice president at Kraft in 2001, is on the board of directors of Honeywell International Inc., General Electric Co. and Marriott International Inc. The 52-year-old CEO graduated from Simmons College and received an MBA from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business.
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