Lynda Clarizio '82, President of Advertising.com, to speak on Feb. 7
Lynda M. Clarizio '82, the president of the Advertising.com will give the third talk in this year's "Leadership in a Technological World" lecture series at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, in the Friend Center Convocation Room.
Clarizio will speak on "Advancing a Startup: Becoming a Big Business." The event, which is followed by a reception, is free and open to the public.
She joined Advertising.com in May 2006 from AOL, where she was the executive vice president of AOL's Audience Business responsible for strategy, finance and business development. She held several other positions throughout seven years at AOL, including senior vice president for corporate strategic and financial planning and senior vice president for acquisitions and strategic investments. In the latter role, she led AOL's acquisition of Advertising.com.
Prior to joining AOL, Lynda was a partner for seven years in the Washington D.C. law firm of Arnold & Porter, serving as one of AOL's outside counsel on transactional matters. Lynda sits on the board of directors of Human Rights First and the Princeton Women in Leadership Steering Committee. She is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School.
The lecture series is sponsored by Princeton's Center for Innovation in Engineering Education and underwritten by the William Pierson Field Lectureship fund.