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Wenda Harris Millard joined Yahoo! in October 2001 as Chief Sales Officer. Millard is responsible for driving the North American sales of the company's advertising and marketing services initiatives and leading the North American sales organization.
Millard began her media career at age nine as the publisher, circulation director, editor and sole staff writer of the Archer Lane Scoop. The self-proclaimed "media junkie" hasn't looked back since embarking on a road that led her to the American Advertising Federation's Hall of Achievement, the highest honor given to advertising professionals 40 and under.
A seasoned executive with over twenty-five years of publishing and advertising experience, Millard was formerly Chief Internet Officer at Ziff Davis Media and president of Ziff Davis Internet. Prior to joining Ziff Davis Media, Millard was executive vice president and one of the founding members of DoubleClick, where she was responsible for establishing the DoubleClick brand, oversaw the operations of DoubleClick Media and led the media unit's 300-person advertising sales organization.
Active on behalf of the advertising industry throughout her career, Millard is a member of the Board of Directors of the Ad Council, the Advertising Education Foundation, the New York American Marketing Association and the Interactive Advertising Bureau. She is founding chair of the American Business Press CEBA Awards and past president of the Advertising Club of New York and former chairman of its foundation.
Millard was the subject of a Spring 2000 profile by Tom Brokaw as part of NBC's "Women to Watch," series, and has been a frequent guest on various CNNfn television shows. She has received numerous awards including the Women at Work Broadcast Award, the IABC Award for Innovation from the University Settlement House and a seat among Good Housekeeping's "100 Young Women of Promise." In November 1999, Millard was named a "Digital Media Master" by Advertising Age and appointed one of the "i20," acknowledging her as one of the 20 most influential executives in interactive media. She served on the board of directors of True North Communications, until its merger with the Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), which created the world's largest advertising and marketing services holding company. She currently sits on the Trinity College Board of Trustees and on the Board of Children's Miracle Network.
Millard holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BA from Trinity College, where she recently received the Gary McQuaid Award for Excellence in Business Leadership. She is married to Jay Millard, an independent television production executive; they have two children.
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