Salute to O. Burtch Drake Welcome Note
November 19, 2007
We are honored to introduce this tribute to O. Burtch Drake and the leadership he has demonstrated throughout his 13 years as president and CEO of the American Association of Advertising Agencies.
AAAAgent of Change, Part III Q&A with Burtch Drake
November 19, 2007
"The AAAA is the one trade association that actually puts money behind its [diversity] efforts."
AAAAgent of Change, Part II Q&A with Burtch Drake
November 19, 2007
The AAAA membership includes huge, global ad agencies as well as some very small shops. Obviously these two constituencies have different needs and concerns.
AAAAgent of Change, Part I Q&A with Burtch Drake
November 19, 2007
In a career spanning nearly five decades, O. Burtch Drake has seen the advertising industry go from multi-martini lunches to multiplatform plays. He's left and returned to two agencies, jumped from the media department to account management to new business, jumped across the pond for a stint on the client side, and led the American Association of Advertising Agencies into a new millennium.
AHEAD of the Curve part I
November 19, 2007
The Dallas Cowboys won the Super Bowl. Schindler’s List won Best Picture. Yasser Arafat won the Nobel Peace Prize, and in the advertising agency industry, 1994 was the year that O. Burtch Drake was named the eighth president and CEO of the American Association of Advertising Agencies.
OBD, Camera-Ready
November 19, 2007
In addition to selected images from key AAAA and other industry events through the years, Burtch opened up his personal photo files to share some treasured images of colleagues, family and friends.
AHEAD of the Curve part II
November 19, 2007
"Since the inception of Operation Jump Start, the 20 largest AAAA members have contributed more than $2.5 million in scholarship funding."
Jerry McGee's Last Word
November 19, 2007
Just after his recent and hilarious retirement roast, held at the Friar's Club in New York, Burtch remarked wryly to me, "They didn't even touch me."
What's the O For?
November 19, 2007
"Of all the questions I ever asked Burtch, the one he never answered was, 'What does the O. stand for?'"
