Since 1948, the Canton Advertising Federation has been directed by a dedicated, volunteer board of directors, lead annually by the Canton Ad Fed president.

The following men and women are leaders in the local advertising industry and represent some of the greatest companies and organizations in Canton/Stark County, Ohio.

2010-2011 Erine Bodo
PPI Graphics

2009-2010 Lisa Marshall
Mulberry Marketing

2008-09 Jessica Bennett
Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce

2007-08 Sue Grabowski
Grabowski & Co.

2006-07 Tim Kraft
WordKraft Business Writing

2005-06 Sarah Ross Hayden
So Creative

2004-05 Megan Meinerding
Innis Maggiore

2003-04 Kathy Gray Farthing
Farthing Graphic Design

2002-03 Joe Smithberger
Smithberger Photography, Inc.

2001-02 Tricia Charlikowsky
Innis Maggiore Group, Inc.

2000-01 Jolene Colant
Hall Kistler & Company

1999-00 Julie Mertes
Gaslight Productions, Inc.

1998-99 Ted Abel
TA Creative Design Services

1997-98 Don Peterson III
WDPN/WZKL Radio

1996-97 Tom Merrill
Innis Maggiore Group, Inc.

1995-96 Melissa Lewis
Wern Rausch Locke Advertising, Inc.

1994-95 C. Todd Locke
Wern Rausch Locke Advertising, Inc.

1993-94 Ron Rembert
WOAC-TV

1992-93 Shelley Schweitzer
Creative Consortium of Canton

1991-92 Ray Hexamer
WHBC Radio

1990-91 Christine J. (Cary) Schulman
Can-Do Promotions, Inc.

1989-90 Paula Mastroianni
The Repository

1988-89 Dick Maggiore
Innis Maggiore Group, Inc.

1987-88 Becky Clark
WDJQ/WDPN

1986-87 Jane Mitchell
Society Bank

1985-86 Dave Day
WAKR TV-23

1984-85 Rod A. Covey
Covey & Koons, Inc.

1983-84 Babette J. Arnold
Lowry Lithograph Co.

1982-83 Judy Rosenberry
BancOne Corp.

1981-82 Clyde L. Caiazza
Covey & Koons, Inc.

1980-81 Dave Rausch
Wern Rausch Locke Advertising, Inc.

1979-80 Lana Lake
Lana Lake Advertising

1978-79 William T. Steffy
WHBC Radio

1977-78 Rudy Amatangelo
Amatangelo Advertising Designs

1976-77 John Fehlman
Fehlman Advertising

1975-76 Jim DeCocker
The Timken Company

1974-75 John Baker
Frease & Shorr Advertising

1973-74 Donald E. Eagon
The Timken Company

1972-73 Richard P. Koons
Covey & Koons, Inc.

1971-72 Dennis P. Arnold
The Timken Company

1970-71 Jean Marie Nero
Diocese of Youngstown

1969-70 Paul A. Villilo
Advertising Promotion Service

1968-69 James Bosworth
Paragraphics

1967-68 William Freeman
Wern Rausch Locke Advertising, Inc.

1966-67 Edward V. Ferry
The Harter Bank & Trust Company

1965-66 Robert Alguire
Ohio Power Company

1964-65 Charles Tom Locke
Wern Rausch Locke Advertising, Inc.

1963-64 Sal Butera
Sal Butera Associates Advertising, Inc.

1962-63 Guy L. Huey
Guy Huey Promotions, Inc.

1961-62 W. Roderic Covey
Covey & Koons, Inc.

1960-61 Paul Streb
Seiple Lithograph Co.

1959-60 Harold R. Thomas
Canton Art & Photo Service

1958-59 Paul E. Gilmor
WHBC Radio

1957-58 David J. Lavin
Sugardale Foods, Inc.

1956-57 Seymo
ur Oppenheim
J.M. Fields & Co., Inc.

1955-56 Rev. Sidney Eugene Cowlin

1954-55 Gervis Brady
Stark County Historical Society

1953-54 John D. Cowing
Cowing Outdoor Advertising

1952-53 Richard Grossman
Grossman Publishers, Inc.

1951-52 Morton Frank
Family Weekly Magazine

1950-51 Frank P. Kwett
The Northern Engraving & Electrotype Co.

1949-50 Robert Fehlman
Fehlman Advertising

1948-49 Robert Marriott
Family Weekly Magazine