| Fran Kelly
Fran Kelly President & CEO, Arnold Worldwide 
After 25 years in the advertising industry working with over 100 leading brands, Fran has helped grow Arnold into one of the most talked about creative agencies in the nation. Fran began his career on Madison Avenue in 1978 at Young & Rubicam. In 1983, he joined Humphrey Browning MacDougall (HBM) in Boston, rising quickly through the account service ranks. This was followed by five years at Leonard Monahan in Providence, RI, which was later renamed Leonard Monahan Lubars & Kelly. Fran rejoined former HBM colleagues Ed Eskandarian and Ron Lawner at Arnold Fortuna Lawner & Cabot in 1994, as CMO, where he helped orchestrate Arnold's transformation into an international agency. He was named President and COO of Arnold in 2000 and was then promoted to CEO of Arnold US in 2006. Fran is a regular on the lecture circuit throughout the country on the topic of successful branding campaigns and the art and science of winning new business. He holds a BA from Amherst College and an MBA from Harvard.
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