SAN DIEGO, CA – April 16, 2026 -- The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) today named Clark Rector, Executive Vice President of Government Affairs at the American Advertising Federation (AAF), as the recipient of the fifth annual "DAA Privacy Icon" award.
NEW YORK, NY – June 5, 2025 – The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) today announced Rudy Brioché, vice president for global public policy and policy counsel at Comcast, and the Federation for Internet Alerts (FIA) as the 2025 recipients of the DAA’s “Privacy Icon” award, honoring their outstanding contributions to responsible data-driven advertising and innovation.'
The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) today (June 13, 2024) named Genie Barton and Lee Peeler with the 2024 "DAA Privacy Icon" award in recognition of their leadership in privacy self-regulation and accountability. While serving at the Council of Better Business Bureaus (now BBB National Programs), Barton and Peeler created and ran the Digital Advertising Accountability Program, which continues to serve as an independent enforcement program for self-regulation of the digital advertising industry.
New York, NY – June 14, 2023 – The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) today announced former ANA Government Relations EVP Dan Jaffe and former Chief Legal, Government & Corporate Affairs Officer of Leo Burnett Worldwide Carla Michelotti will be the recipients of the second annual “DAA Privacy Icon” awards. The awards honor Jaffe and Michelotti for their career-long leadership in helping the advertising industry build effective self-regulatory programs and create robust standards for responsible data use.
