Drew Katz has served for more than two decades as Chief Executive Officer of one of the nation’s fastest-growing out-of-home advertising companies, Interstate Outdoor Advertising. Interstate currently operates more than 1,200 advertising displays in four of America’s top media markets (New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco) and has inventory throughout the state of New Jersey. In 2012, Mr. Katz successfully navigated the most competitive out-of-home procurement process and contracted to develop the country’s first municipal digital signage network. Mr. Katz was also the principal owner of Metro Lights, a national out-of-home media company. He is also a principal of Foster Interstate Media, Inc., a California-based company that specializes in digital signage, wallscapes, airport signage, and stadium spectacular displays.
In 2003, Mr. Katz created what is now known as The Rachel & Drew Katz Foundation to lift the hopes and aspirations of those facing difficult challenges, with an emphasis on programs and services benefiting youth. In 2011, Mr. Katz, along with Tibet House US, co-convened a three-day global peace summit in Newark, NJ, hosted by then-Mayor (now U.S. Senator) Cory Booker and featured His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.
Mr. Katz’s current board memberships include the National Constitution Center, the Board of Trustees at Temple University, the Dean’s Advisory Council at Stanford Law School, the Wilson Disease Association International, the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, and the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund.
