AAF Nebraska AdTax Talk, Understanding the Impact and Taking Action Panel Discussion Webinar

AAF Nebraska Professional Development Webinar
Legislative Issues Panel Discussion

AdTax Talk, Understanding the Impact and Taking Action

Join Us for an Important Legislative Panel Discussion

Date: January 7, 2026
Time: Over the lunch hour 12 Noon - 1 PM
Location: Online

Free to AAF Nebraska Members, Students, and Non-Member/Guests

Learn how we can stand together to protect the advertising industry from harmful proposed legislation! AAF Nebraska is hosting a Legislative Panel Discussion featuring expert insights from:

Clark Rector, AAF’s Executive Vice President of Government Affairs and Lobbyist

Jennifer Creager, Senior Vice President, Public Policy at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce

Travis Frazier, Director of Government Relations with the Association of National Advertisers (ANA)

Moderated by Ryan Horn, President of Bullhorn Communications

During this session, we’ll discuss advocacy efforts to prevent taxation on advertising and explore how proposed legislation could impact the industry and our clients. This is an invaluable opportunity to stay informed and engaged as our Legislative Team continues monitoring new threats to advertising.

Please feel free to submit questions for our panelists prior to the webinar by emailing questions to our office.

Panelists Bios:

Clark Rector, Executive Vice President of Government Affairs at the American Advertising Federation (AAF National)
As Executive Vice President of Government Affairs, Clark Rector oversees and directs the lobbying efforts of the American Advertising Federation’s grassroots network of 35,000 advertising professionals in some 150 local advertising clubs and federations nationwide. Together, they have defeated ad tax proposals and other threats to advertising in Congress, nearly every state and numerous cities and counties. In his role as chief public policy advocate for the Federation, Rector meets with lawmakers and regulators to educate them about advertising and represent the industry’s position on important legislative and regulatory matters. He has testified for the AAF before the U.S. Senate and Federal Trade Commission, as well as numerous state legislatures and city governments.

Prior to joining the AAF in 1988, Rector spent two years on Capitol Hill as a legislative assistant for Congressman Tom Luken of Ohio. He also spent three years working in local television in Austin, Texas. Rector is a graduate of the University of Texas and received a Master of Arts in Communication Studies from the University of Iowa.

Jennifer Creager, Senior Vice President, Public Policy at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce

Jennifer Creager is the Senior Vice President of Public Policy for the Great Omaha Chamber. In this role, she also serves as chief lobbyist on the Chamber's behalf and coordinates the political activities of the Chamber's political action committee. She started her career in the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature as a legislative aide and later legal counsel for Speaker Curt Bromm.

Creager spent almost eight years on the staffs of two United States Congressmen as a health care counsel, working primarily on federal Medicare and Medicaid legislation. Immediately prior to joining the Chamber, she served as a Government Relations Associate for the Colorado Rural Electric Association, which represents Colorado's 22 rural electric cooperatives.

A graduate of Creighton University and the Creighton University School of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review, Jennifer and her husband Michael make their home in Lincoln with their two children.

Travis Frazier, Director of Government Relations with the Association of National Advertisers (ANA)

Travis Frazier is Director of Government Relations at the ANA, where he carries out advocacy efforts across the U.S., working to achieve positive legislative and regulatory outcomes for the association’s members and the advertising industry at large. Travis holds a B.A. in government and international politics from George Mason University.