Laura Lang

Ms. Laura Wicke Lang served as the Chief Executive Officer of Time Inc. at Time Warner Inc. from December 2011 to September 2013. Ms. Lang served as the Chief Executive Officer of Digitas Inc. from June 2008 to December 1, 2011. She served as the Chief Executive Officer of Digitas USA of Publicis Groupe SA, Digitas LLC and VivaKi from June 2008 to December 2011 and served as its President. She served as the President of Digitas LLC, a subsidiary agency of Digitas Inc. from July 1, 2004 to 2007 and served as President of Digitas LLC's New York and Chicago offices since January 1, 2003. She has over 20 years of experience in brand management, corporate strategy, and strategic consulting. Prior to joining Digitas Inc. as Executive Vice President in April 1999, Ms. Lang served as President of Marketing Corporation of America which provided strategic consulting services to Fortune 100 clients in the telecommunications, technology and information, entertainment, travel, and gaming industries. She joined Marketing Corporation in 1995 as a Partner and developed a practice around technology and utilization of information with a significant amount of B2B consulting to include repositioning of corporate markets and was promoted to President in 1996. From 1989 to 1995, Ms. Lang served as Senior Vice President of Yankelovich Clancy Shulman and ran their consulting group. From 1986 to 1989, she served as a Product Director with Bristol Myers. She served as a Director of Internal Consulting for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals from 1983 to 1985. She began her career with Quaker Oats Company in brand management in 1980. She has been a Director of V.F. Corporation since October 2011. She serves as a Director of American Association Of Advertising Agencies Inc. She served as an Independent Director at NutriSystem, Inc., since March 30, 2010. Ms. Lang served as an Independent Director of Benchmark Electronics Inc., from May 2005 to May 17, 2011. She serves on the advisory board of the Tufts University Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute. She graduated from Tufts University with a Bachelor of Arts degree (summa cum laude) in 1977. Ms. Lang earned an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business in 1980.