Joel Babbit

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Mr. Joel Babbit serves as Board Member at Primerica. Mr. Joel Babbit Co-Founded and served as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Mother Nature Network. Mr. Joel Babbit serves as Board Member at Primerica. Mr. Joel Babbit serves as Board Member at Primerica. . He is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mother Nature Network, one of the leading resources for environmental news and information. Prior to launching Mother Nature Network in 2009, Mr. Babbit spent over 20 years in the advertising and public relations industry, creating two of the largest advertising agencies in the Southeastern US - Babbit and Reiman (acquired by London-based GGT) and 360 (acquired by WPP Group's Grey Global Group). Following the acquisition of 360 by Grey Global Group in 2002, Mr. Babbit served as President and Chief Creative Officer of the resulting entity, Grey Atlanta, until 2009. He also previously served as President of WPP Group's GCI, a public relations firm, and as Executive Vice President and General Manager for the New York office of advertising agency Chiat/Day Inc. Advertising. Following his hometown of Atlanta being awarded the 1996 Summer Olympics, and at the request of Mayor Maynard Jackson, Mr. Babbit took a leave of absence from the private sector to serve as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for the City and as a member of the Mayor's cabinet.