Tonise Paul Email Address

Retired Chairman

It starts with our energized people, who are not just strategically and creatively talented, but are also driven what s possible problem solvers and we, not me collaborators. Their energy radiates to our clients and agency partners to enable powerful productive collaboration in service to work that energizes brands building new brands and reinvigorating stale ones through brand-defining creative work.

Tonise Paul is retired Chairman of Energy BBDO and former Director of BBDO Worldwide. As CEO for 24 years, her unrelenting focus on "energizing people" by understanding what matters most to them led to three plus decades of growth for her clients' brands and agency. Today she is proud to have built energizing and enduring partnerships with widely-recognized, industry-leading companies such as Bayer, Brown Forman, Luxottica, S.C. Johnson, and Mars/Wrigley. Tonise continually reinvented the company through profound industry change to where it is today as a leading-edge global creative organization adept at telling evocative brand stories and creating innovative brand experiences that energize people and brands. A role model for female leadership, Tonise inspires the continued empowerment of women in advertising, and beyond. Energy BBDO is a highly awarded creative agency having received top honors including Cannes Lions, Clios and Effie Awards. Tonise is a committed industry, business, and community leader with multiple directorships on boards of leading organizations including the Executives' Club of Chicago, RUSH University Medical Center, UNICEF and Off The Street Club.