About Allie
Ms. Kline is the Founding Principal of LEO DIX, a boutique services firm that helps CEOs, boards, and C-suite executives drive growth during times of disruption, transformation, and turnarounds. Previously, she served as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for Verizon Media, the Verizon Communications Inc. subsidiary consisting of more than 20 distinctive digital brands reaching 1 billion consumers, including AOL, HuffPost, MAKERS, TechCrunch, Tumblr, and the Yahoo family of brands. She served in this role following Verizon’s acquisition of Yahoo from 2015 to 2018, following Verizon’s acquisitions of AOL and Yahoo, where she was responsible for all consumer and B2B marketing, digital, communications, brand, and corporate citizenship. She simultaneously served as CEO of MAKERS. She held the position of Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for AOL from 2013 to 2015 prior to Verizon’s acquisition of AOL in 2015. From January 2013 until June 2015, she was Chief Marketing Officer of AOL Platforms (a division of AOL). Ms. Kline held the position of Chief Marketing Officer for 33Across, a leading data and analytics company in the digital advertising space from 2011 to 2012, and she held the position of Vice President, Marketing for Brand Affinity Technologies, a digital sports and celebrity endorsement marketing platform from 2008 to 2011. Ms. Kline held digital media and marketing leadership positions with Unicast (acquired by Sizmek), InterVU (acquired by Akamai Technologies), and the Washington Wizards.
Ms. Kline serves on the board of BILL Holdings Inc. She is a board member of the National Forest Foundation, serving on the executive committee. She served on the board of Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. from February 2020 to April 2021 and on the board of Pier 1 Imports Inc. from September 2018 to October 2020. Ms. Kline founded and chaired the board of trustees of Verizon Media’s Charitable Foundation, previously chaired the AOL Foundation, was a member of the executive committee for the Internet Advertising Bureau board of directors, and served on the board of The Female Quotient.
Ms. Kline is renowned for her business, marketing, and communications expertise with fast-growth companies, as well as cyber, mergers and acquisitions, transformations, and ESG / DEI / values leadership.
Ms. Kline holds a bachelor’s degree in corporate communications from Ithaca College.
Committees: Nominating and ESG Committee, Technology Committee