By Kevin McCauley
Interpublic has named Dawn Hudson, vice chair of the Parthenon Group and former president of Pepsi-Cola North America to its board of directors.
Hudson also served as Pepsi’s senior VP/strategy and marketing, where she launched its “Joy of Cola” campaign and forged the tie-in with “Star Wars, Episode I – The Phantom Menace.” She joined Pepsi from its sister company, Frito Lay.
Earlier, Hudson spent 13 years in marketing, advertising and branding at DMB&B and Omnicom. She serves on the board of Lowe’s, Allergan and chairs the LPGA.
Interpublic notes Hudson’s election creates a board that is 40 percent female, a percentage that is matched by only five other Fortune 500 companies.
Hudson joins Jill Considine, Butterfield Fulcrum Group chairman; Mary Steele Guilfoile, MG Advisors chairman, and Jocelyn Carter-Miller, TechEdVentures president, on the ad/PR combine’s board.
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