Larry Powell is currently VP Account Director at Sanders Wingo Advertising.  Prior to joining Sanders Wingo, Powell served as an advertising faculty member at the University of Missour-Columbia (Mizzou) where he was instrumental in founding MoJo Ad, the premier student-staffed professional-services advertising agency in the country.

Powell founded and managed his own advertising and marketing firm, Larry Powell & Associates in Dallas, before joining Mizzou’s faculty in 2004.

For more than a decade, numerous local, regional and national companies have benefited from Powell’s expertise. His clients have included the American Heart Association, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, the Boy Scouts of America, Comerica Bank, Texas Department of Commerce, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), Friends of Mayor Ron Kirk, Greenhill School, Greyhound Corp., GTE, Hockaday School, Kaiser Permanente, NationsBank, PacifiCare, Presbyterian Healthcare System, PrimaCare Medical Centers, TXU Electric & Gas, Whataburger and Zale Corporation.

Powell’s work has earned several prestigious awards including the Dallas Advertising League TOPS Award, the MATRIX Award and the Leadership Dallas Award. He spearheaded the marketing of the National Conference of Black Mayors Dallas 2000.

Powell taught for several years at Southern Methodist University’s Temerlin Institute of Advertising, teaching advertising design to junior and senior level students.

A native Texan, Powell earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising and Graphic Design degree from the University of Texas.