Tony Mancilla

Joined the amfAR board in March 2023. Expertise in advertising and property technology.

Tony Mancilla has spent the last 15 years in marketing and advertising, working on campaigns for clients such as Lincoln Motor Company, Pepsi, AT&T, Budweiser, Citigroup, and many others. Five years ago, he founded Savanty, a creative marketing agency specializing in impact growth marketing. Mr. Mancilla has also partnered with a tech client to launch a proptech company called Lucy Networks, which is focused on health, wellness & energy efficiency in work and living spaces.

Mancilla’s support of amfAR started in 2012, when he worked on a creative campaign with Kiehl’s for their LifeRide supporting amfAR. The experience turned out to be one of his most meaningful career decisions. Deeply impressed with amfAR’s work, Tony has continued to support LifeRide’s various creative campaigns and has attended and supported multiple amfAR events around the world with his wife Katie, including New York, Los Angeles, Cannes, and Venice. 

Mr. Mancilla grew up dividing his time between Chile and upstate New York. He went on to earn degrees in advertising and film studies at Hunter College in Manhattan and continued his studies in Santiago, Chile, and at La Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris.

Apart from his day-to-day work, Mancilla serves on the board of the Lisk Morris Foundation, a family foundation that provides funding to organizations promoting education, health and wellness, and arts and culture, predominately in the Finger Lakes Region of NY.  Additionally, he serves on the corporate board of G.W. Lisk, a manufacturing company specializing in solenoids, valves, sensors and more for aerospace, space, and defense industry companies.

Co-Founder and Creative Director, Savanty; Co-Founder and President, Lucy Networks. He and his wife Katie reside in Tampa, Florida.