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PMA AI Council

Supporting creators and brands for successful partnerships

Our Mission Statement

To accelerate responsible AI adoption education and advocacy across partnership and affiliate marketing by equipping brands, agencies, publishers, and platforms with practical standards, playbooks, and shared learnings for measurable growth and trust.

AI COUNCIL CHARTER

Support the Performance Marketing Association and its councils, as well as the broader industry, on AI-related topics and strategies, including:


Education & Enablement – Upskill marketers on AI-powered discovery, optimization, and attribution tools through real-world experimentation, including case studies, benchmarks, and repeatable workflows that deliver results.


Publisher Equity & Influence Tracking – Advocate for common frameworks that recognize the impact of clickless marketing and align brands, agencies, publishers, and platforms to ensure publisher equity and influence.


AI Ethics & Transparency – Support industry standards that ensure responsible AI use across partner and platform ecosystems, with strong guardrails for data use, disclosures, consent, and fair practices, alongside incrementality, fraud prevention, and model monitoring.


Innovation – Spotlight cutting-edge use cases and tools that shape the future of performance marketing.

AI Council Members

Council Chair

Michelle Morgan
Senior Director of Publisher Development, Acceleration Partners

Michelle Morgan is the Senior Director of Publisher Development at Acceleration Partners, where she leads a global team focused on driving client revenue through strategic publisher partnerships. With over 18 years of experience in affiliate marketing, Michelle has held leadership roles at Savings United US and Pepperjam Network (now Ascend by Partnerize). Since joining Acceleration Partners in 2019, she has played a key role in shaping publisher strategy and fostering impactful partnerships.

Council Members

Michael Cole
Senior VP of Marketing at Everflow
Lee-Ann Johnstone
CEO & Founder of KonverJ & Affiverse
Kyle White
CEO at Refinery
Denis Babaev
Jake Leskovar
Head of Strategic Initiatives & Investor Relations at xpflow
Heather Zuleba
VP of AI Transformation, Data and Business Systems at Partnerize
Charlie Calabrese
President & CEO at All Inclusive Marketing
Shayna Massey
Director of Affiliate Marketing at Shopify
Parrish Essell
Global Agency Director at Awin Global
Joe Campanella
CEO at Complily
Gabe Ripley
Director of Creative Services, Co-Owner at JEBCommerce
Erez Nahom
VP Product at Partnerize
Kimberlee White
CEO at SynergyInteractiv
Greg Hoffman
CEO at Apogee
Scott Chaplin
Vice President of Global Sales Operations at AvantLink
Veronica Gauthier
SVP of Growth at Dreamday
Jessica Morin
Director, Strategic Partnerships at Loyalty Innovation

AI Council Outputs (Members Only)

You must be a PMA member to access all the council output. We do have some free downloadable outputs that we think provide great information. Please fill out the form below and you will have access to the PMA free download outputs. If there are other outputs you would like access to please consider joining the PMA.

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AI Council Meetings

The Influencer and Creator Council meets the XXX of every month.