CEO- Lamar Advertising
Sean Reilly, Baton Rouge native and CEO of Lamar Advertising, has always “been in love and engaged” with LSU. A Harvard University alumnus, he said that “while my diploma is crimson, my blood runs purple and gold!”
Following in the footsteps of his father, the late Kevin Patrick Reilly Sr., Reilly served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1988-96. As a legislator, he regularly worked with LSU leadership on the school’s legislative agenda. Reilly has fundraising experience at both Harvard and Duke University, where his daughter is a student. His role on the LSU Foundation Board of Directors, which he considers an honor, is yet another way he can aid in improving the well-being of his home state.
“If you grew up in Baton Rouge or love Louisiana, you quickly realize that LSU is the most important institution for our city and our state. As goes LSU, so goes Louisiana,” he shared. “I think we’re obligated to make LSU the best it can be … Now more than ever we have to make sure that LSU sees the private philanthropic support that other great state research institutions receive across the country.”
Reilly and his family support several areas of campus, including the College of Music & Dramatic Arts, Manship School of Mass Communication and LSU Museum of Art. He also co-founded and co-chairs Louisiana’s Flagship Coalition, a bipartisan group of state business leaders seeking to advance the legislative agenda of LSU and enhance public support for it. His wife, Jennifer, is also an active philanthropist, particularly with the renovation of Reilly Theatre and the Shaw Center, founding and chairing City Year Baton Rouge and supporting charter schools through New Schools for Baton Rouge. Together they have three children, Anna, Aidan and Rowan.
“All the data shows that a degree from LSU, dollar for dollar, is one of the best degrees in the country. It starts there. If LSU continues to turn out an outstanding product, then it deserves the support we give it as a philanthropic community,” Reilly said. “We still have work to do; we still have to demonstrate that we can raise money in a big league way, like other major research institutions do across the country. But the foundation for success has been laid for sure.”
https://www.lsufoundation.org/s/1585/17/interior.aspx?sid=1585&gid=1&pgid=2568
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Lamar Advertising President and Chief Executive Officer Sean Reilly is joining the World Out of Home Organization board.
Lamar's operations span the US and Canada with over 350,000 displays.
Reilly, a fourth-generation member of the founding family, is a former member of the Louisiana State Legislature. He has played a key role in modernizing the Baton Rouge-based ad giant.
Lamar joined WOO earlier this year. The three largest Out of Home companies in the US - Lamar, OUTFRONT Media and Clear Channel, are now WOO members.
WOO President Tom Goddard says: "Sean will certainly make an impact on WOO with his vast experience and strong views on how the global OOH industry needs to develop. He will make a valuable contribution to the WOO board.
"We also look forward to hearing from him when he presents at the WOO Toronto Global Congress in May."
https://www.largeformatreview.com/business/business-news/lamar-ceo-sean-reilly-joins-woo-board
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