“It’s crucial for us as advertising industry leaders to help policymakers understand the role we play in our communities and economy; the free press, crucial to democracy; innumberable internet apps and services from the Alphabet to the Weather Channel. All of these and more are ad supported. We need to help our elected leaders understand our industry and it’s implications when they make policy that effects what we do.”
Ryan Horn, President Bullhorn Communications
AAF Omaha Legislative Issues Committee Member
Advertising professionals from around the country gathered in Washington, D.C. for Advertising Day on the Hill March 6th and 7th. AAF members learned about the vital issues facing our industry and took to the halls of Congress to educate lawmakers about the vital role advertising plays in the U.S. economy.
AAF Omaha member Ryan Horn, President of Bullhorn Communications represented our AAF Nebraska clubs. Horn traveled to D.C. to advocate for the rights of advertisers in Nebraska. AAF District 9 colleagues from Iowa, Kansas and Missouri were also in attendance for Advertising Day on the Hill.
The events begin February 6th with a reception at the McDermott Building in Washington, the home of McDermott Will & Emery, one of the conference sponsors. The reception was followed by a dinner featuring Steve Ryan, former general counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and former deputy counsel of the President’s Commission on Organized Crime and former Congressman Jeff Miller (R-FL), both from MWE. Ryan and Miller set the stage for the conference by discussing the new realities in Washington after the last two elections.
