With MediaBrands CEO Matt Seiler, AOL’s Built by Girls CEO Susan Lyne, Group M chief global digital officer Rob Norman, IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) CEO Randall Rothenberg, and AOL CEO Tim Armstrong at the Cannes Lions Festival in 2013 Venturing into the digital sphere at DoubleClick demonstrated Millard’s “high-risk profile.” She says, “They couldn’t figure out who this old lady was. Millard and Leigh sport ibu scarves-from the Charleston-based clothing line where Leigh works and Mom shops-at favorite haunt, The Ordinary. “Hmmm, how to manage a brand when your brand goes to jail, now there’s a good one!” Her stint as co-CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia was after Stewart’s incarceration, and Millard (shown here with Stewart at the American Advertising Federation Awards gala in 2006) welcomed the challenge. Serving as senior vice president and publisher of Family Circle magazine was a highlight of Millard’s 21-year career in traditional publishing and advertising before she forayed into the digital realm. I’m a creative business person, but no artist.” “I’m from a family of architects and artists, but I don’t have that DNA. Millard sought “a more disciplined approach” at Harvard Business School, where she earned her MBA in 1983. Pictured here with the original DoubleClick team in 1997, Millard was one of the Internet ad pioneer’s first hires and helped grow the staff to more than 600. Leigh and Ben enjoying Christmas on Tradd StreetĬharleston resident Suzanne Pollak (left) at Millard’s annual FFF(F) gathering, including friend and MediaLink colleague Cleary Simpson (right) Millard with Jay, her husband of 31 yearsĪn FFF(F) selfie souvenir with former AOL chief marketing officer Erika Nardini, Wired publisher Kim Kelleher, Ipsos CEO Shelley Zalis, and Millard’s mentor, Cathie Black We’re a next-gen consulting company that’s biased toward action.” Millard and MediaLink business partner Michael Kassan, pictured here at the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Association conference in Las Vegas, describe themselves and their MediaLink colleagues as “hard-core operators.” “We’ve all either run companies, fixed companies, or built companies. Here, the whole family, including Millard’s mother and husband, Jay, enjoyed the annual Family Circle Cup tournament in 1993, back when it was on Hilton Head.Photograph courtesy of Wenda Harris Millard Taking daughter Leigh and son Ben to business conferences was de rigueur for Millard.
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