Wenda Harris Millard

Wenda Harris Millard joined Yahoo! in October 2001 as Chief Sales Officer. Millard is responsible for driving the North American sales of the company's advertising and marketing services initiatives and leading the North American sales organization.

A seasoned executive with over twenty-five years of publishing and advertising experience, Millard was formerly Chief Internet Officer at Ziff Davis Media and president of Ziff Davis Internet. Prior to joining Ziff Davis Media, Millard was executive vice president and one of the founding members of DoubleClick, where she was responsible for establishing the DoubleClick brand and oversaw the operations of DoubleClick Media and led the media unit's 300-person advertising sales organization.

Previously, Millard served as president and group publisher of SRDS, the country's leading provider of media and marketing information. Before joining SRDS, Millard was senior vice president and publisher of Family Circle, the world's best-selling women's magazine. She has also been executive vice president/group publisher of Adweek, Mediaweek and Brandweek magazines. Millard is a member of the Board of Directors of the Ad Council, the Advertising Education Foundation and Interactive Advertising Bureau. Millard has also been on NBC's "Woman to Watch" series and CNNfn and has received numerous awards including the Women at Work Broadcast Award, the IABC Award for Innovation from the University Settlement House and a seat among Good Housekeeping's "100 Young Women of Promise." Millard holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BA from Trinity College, where she recently received the Gary McQuaid Award for Excellence in Business Leadership Wenda's speaking topics include: