Jonathan H. Adashek

Jonathan H. Adashek has served IBM as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications since January 2022 and as Chief Communications Officer since January 2020. He has also served on the Board of Directors for Ad Council since April 2022. Previously Mr. Adashek was Alliance Global Vice President of Communications at Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi from February 2018 to January 2020 and Chief Communications Officer of Nissan Motor Company from September 2015 to January 2020. Prior to this he served as General Manager of Strategy and Communications, SMSG at Microsoft from January 2012 to September 2015 and as Executive Vice President and Global Client Relationship Manager at Edelman Public Relations from August 2005 to January 2012. Before joining Edelman, Mr. Adashek was the Director of National Delegate Strategy for John Kerry’s Presidential Campaign from 2002 to 2004. He served as Manager of Communications at Pulsent in 2001 and was an Advisor for the US Treasury Department from 1999 to 2000. Previously he was a Special Assistant in The White House during the Clinton Administration from 1997 to 1999 and a Special Assistant at the Denver Summit of the Eight in 1997. He currently is on the Advisory Board for the University of Southern California’s Center for Public Relations.