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Transforming your Business and Accelerating Growth with Sean Reilly on the 21st Century Business Forum on November 9
VermontBiz Sean Reilly is the President & Chief Executive Officer of Lamar Advertising Company headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mr. Reilly has served in various capacities at Lamar since 1989, then a family owned private business. He is a Harvard University and Harvard Law School graduate and began working on acquisitions and real estate for Lamar in 1989. He served as President of TLC Properties and became the Chief Operating Officer of Lamar in 2001. In 2011 he was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. He currently serves as the Board Chair of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America.
Under Mr. Reilly's leadership, Lamar established the industry’s first digital billboard network in 2001. Today, Lamar offers advertisers the largest network of digital billboards with over 4,000 displays in the U.S. In 2012, Lamar began producing three-dimensional billboard enhancements in-house for clients. In 2014, Mr. Reilly unlocked additional shareholder value by successfully converting Lamar to a real estate investment trust (REIT).
Mr. Reilly has served in leadership positions on numerous non-profit and community boards and institutions. Mr. Reilly served in the Louisiana Legislature as a State Representative from 1988 to 1996. He served on the Restore Louisiana Task Force addressing the 2016 floods in Louisiana and on the Statewide Task Force on Structural Changes in Budget and Tax Policy.