Andy Fletcher, president and chief executive officer of Fletcher Martin, will serve for the next four years as a director representative from the southern region on the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) board of directors. Recognized as one of the industry's leading experts in marketing strategy development, Fletcher has grown Fletcher Martin over the last nine years into one of the top integrated marketing communications agencies in the southeast. In addition to Fletcher Martin, Fletcher's experience includes Della Femina Travisano and Barkley, Evergreen and Partners in Kansas City.

Throughout his career, he has worked with a number of major national brands, including General Electric, First Data Corporation, Arby's, Helzberg Diamonds, Learjet, Northwest Airlines, Sonic Drive-ins and Western Auto, to name a few. He currently serves on the National Advertising Review Board and is a member of the Board of Governors for the AAAA Atlanta Council. In addition, Fletcher was recently named president of MAGNET Global Network, a group of 36 independent advertising and public relations agencies in the U.S., Canada, South America and Europe, with affiliations with agencies in Asia and the Pacific Rim. "It is an honor to serve the advertising industry through the AAAA board," Fletcher said. "It is a great organization and I'm excited about the opportunity to give back to an association that has meant so much to agencies like Fletcher Martin."