Dave Nobs

Dave Nobs is an award-winning marketing communications executive with expertise in client growth, business development and agency marketing. He has managed and held senior executive positions at some of the world’s largest multinational firms, leading boutique agencies and ran his own consultancy.

As chief growth officer for LAVIDGE, an integrated advertising, digital marketing, and public relations agency, he was responsible for overall revenue growth since 2010. Previously, Nobs was managing director of Ruder Finn and executive vice president/general manager of both Weber Shandwick and Rogers & Cowan, where he was responsible for the growth and management of each agency’s worldwide consumer, sports, and entertainment marketing practices. He’s also held senior management posts at Cohn & Wolfe (now Burson), Earle Palmer Brown and Cone Communications.

Throughout his career, Nobs has directed a number of award-winning, high-profile campaigns, new product launches, and sponsorships for a variety of clients such as Bank of America, Coca-Cola, Heineken, Microsoft, Reebok, Rolex, Sprint, Timberland, Turner Broadcasting, Vans as well as the NFL, NHL, NASCAR, PGA of America and LPGA.

Dave is also an adjunct professor and guest lecturer at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Communication. He has served on the Board of Directors for several organizations, both past and present, including the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Endowment Board of Trustees, NASCAR Accelerators, Arizona State University’s Sports Business Association, Arizona Sports & Entertainment Commission, Paralysis Project of America, and Giving Back Fund.

Dave is a graduate of Westminster College in Pennsylvania and a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. He graduated from Brentwood High School in Pittsburgh and was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2012.