Making Sense of AAF Government Affairs w/ Clark Rector

Join us for our 5th speaker event of our 2025-26 season, "Making Sense of AAF Government Affairs: Why It Matters and What You Can Do" with Clark Rector, Executive Vice President - Government Affairs with AAF.

Presentation Overview:
Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at the big issues shaping our industry. We’ll dig into an eye-opening economic study on the power of advertising in the U.S. and right here in North Dakota. Then, discover how AAF takes action - through grassroots advocacy and the voices of local members like you - to make a real impact.

Speaker Bio:
As Executive Vice President of Government Affairs, Clark Rector oversees and directs the lobbying efforts of the American Advertising Federation’s grassroots network of 35,000 advertising professionals in some 150 local advertising clubs and federations nationwide. Together, they have defeated ad tax proposals and other threats to advertising in Congress, nearly every state and numerous cities and counties. In his role as chief public policy advocate for the Federation, Rector meets with lawmakers and regulators to educate them about advertising and represent the industry’s position on important legislative and regulatory matters. He has testified for the AAF before the U.S. Senate and Federal Trade Commission, as well as numerous state legislatures and city governments.

Prior to joining the AAF in 1988, Rector spent two years on Capitol Hill as a legislative assistant for Congressman Tom Luken of Ohio. He also spent three years working in local television in Austin, Texas. Rector is a graduate of the University of Texas and received a Master of Arts in Communication Studies from the University of Iowa.

Parking:

Attendees can park for free in lot M-5 that is West of the CMU off 6th Avenue South. See Google Maps to address here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/idoNT6dVpSoE1rpU9

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