Ad Age Marketer's Brief

Allyson Witherspoon joins Marketer's Brief to chat about the road to her new position as VP of marketing communications and media at Nissan North America, including her move from the agency side to the client side, and how she got the most out of two international postings.

Executive recruiter Richard Sanderson of Spencer Stuart weighs in on why CMOs aren't getting board of directors appointments. He also updates us on CMO tenures and whether it still makes sense to get an MBA.

Michael McGoohan, CMO Performance Health, on how the company created a consumer brand out of Biofreeze, a pain relief gel that was once only distributed via health practitioners.

Kevin George, the new CMO at Harvest Health and Recreation, one of the largest vertically integrated cannabis companies in the U.S., on the opportunities and challenges of marketing marijuana.

Ad lawyer Linda Goldstein joins us to discuss the rise in false advertising lawsuits and what brands do to avoid trouble. We will also talk about legal pitfalls in the subscription-based marketing business.

Electrify America, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group, is overseeing a 10-year, $2 billion investment on zero-emissions vehicle technology and awareness. The group's marketing director, Richard Steinberg, discusses what it is doing to help nudge the EV sector into the mainstream, including how charging stations might create branding opportunities.

In a 20-year marketing career with Anheuser-Busch, Bob Lachky oversaw some of the most memorable ad campaigns in beer, including "Whassup," the Budweiser Frogs and Real Men of Genius. Lachky, now a consultant, joins us to talk about the brewing marketing war between his old company and MillerCoors over corn syrup, and why Lachky thinks the beer industry has lost its way.

Iconic brands are struggling to remain relevant in today's food industry. More evidence came with Kraft Heinz's recent $15 billion asset write-down. We examine the fallout and why Kraft's fall could be good for ad agencies.