Nancy Hill was named president and chief executive officer of the 4A’s on February 1, 2008. Previously, she served as chief executive officer at Lowe New York.

A veteran of 4A’s member agencies on both east and west coasts, Ms. Hill has served as executive vice president and managing director at BBDO New York, where she oversaw several of the agency’s largest accounts.

Ms. Hill joined BBDO from Hill | Holliday, where she was first president of its San Francisco office, and later served as executive vice president and managing director for New York. Her background is steeped in technology experience from clients such as Cisco, Microsoft, LucasArts, Sybase, Sony, and Verizon.

In San Francisco, she was named one of the “75 Most Influential Women in Business” in both 2001 and 2002 by the San Francisco Business Times. She was named a “Woman to Watch” by Advertising Age in 2008.

Ms. Hill began her career in the recording industry. Later, she spent 11 years at Doner in Baltimore and TBWA\Chiat\Day before moving to San Francisco to lead Goldberg Moser O’Neill, which became Hill | Holliday in 2001.

Ms. Hill has served on the Board of Directors of the Miami Ad School and led the launch of its New York campus. She currently serves on the Boards of various industry and charitable groups, including the Advertising Council, Advertising Week, Agencies in Action, National Advertising Review Council, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, People Helping People, and TORCH. She is also on the Board of Trustees at Mount Union College, her alma mater.

In addition to many teaching engagements throughout the country, she is actively involved in a community and education program in Ecuador where she has a home.