Lesli Linka Glatter has been re-elected president of the Administrators Guild of America by acclamation of the delegates on the DGA’s Biennial Nationwide Conference in Los Angeles.
“I’m thrilled to say we’re as sturdy and united as ever earlier than,” she mentioned. “Collectively, we are going to proceed our shared struggle — together with SAG-AFTRA and the WGA — for an trade during which we’re all pretty valued and celebrated for the work we do.”
“At this important time for our trade, I’m extra dedicated than ever to our Guild’s mission of defending the artistic and financial rights of our members and dealing collaboratively each internally and externally on the problems affecting us all,” she mentioned. “As we embark on the subsequent chapter of our Guild, I’m elated to work alongside an extremely gifted, artistic and numerous Board, all of whom generously volunteer their time to advocate for his or her fellow members and do their half in constructing an trade the place everybody can thrive. As a union, our energy comes from our unity.”
First elected president in two years in the past, she has served on the guild’s nationwide board for 20 years, beforehand serving as first vice-president, and earlier than that as fifth VP. She’s been a member of three previous negotiating committees and as president labored with the 2023 negotiating committee to realize what the guild has known as a “historic” new contract “with vital features on wages, world streaming residuals, security, variety and tv artistic rights, constructing for the long run and impacting each class of member in our Guild.”
Former DGA President Thomas Schlamme, who nominated her, mentioned that “Over the past two fairly intense years, Lesli has distinguished herself as a champion for our members throughout each class, together with in our extraordinarily difficult contract negotiation, and we’re all higher off for it. She has led with knowledge, an unbelievable fearlessness and an infinite quantity of compassion. We’re so lucky that as a pacesetter, she understands the wants of our membership and pursues them relentlessly — work she is going to proceed in her subsequent time period.”
In different elections, Laura Belsey was elected Nationwide Vice President and Paris Barclay was re-elected Secretary Treasurer. Additionally elected have been: First Vice-President Todd Holland; Second Vice-President Ron Howard; Third Vice-President Gina M. Prince-Bythewood; Fourth Vice-President Seith Mann; Fifth Vice-President Millicent Shelton; Sixth Vice-President Lily Olszewski; and Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Joyce Thomas.
Right here is the total checklist of officers and nationwide board members elected to serve for the subsequent two years:
President
Lesli Linka Glatter
Nationwide Vice-President
Laura Belsey
Secretary-Treasurer
Paris Barclay
Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
Joyce Thomas
First Vice-President
Todd Holland
Second Vice-President
Ron Howard
Third Vice-President
Gina M. Prince-Bythewood
Fourth Vice-President
Seith Mann
Fifth Vice-President
Millicent Shelton
Sixth Vice-President
Lily Olszewski
Board Members
Kabir Akhtar
Jon Avnet
Norberto Barba
Valdez Flagg
Courtney Franklin
Nicole Kassell
Christopher Nolan
Joseph P. Reidy
Donald L. Sparks
Steven Spielberg
Glenn P. Weiss
Alternate Board Members
Tessa Blake
Benny Increase
Patricia Cardoso
Hanelle Culpepper
Ava DuVernay
Karen Gaviola
Maggie Greenwald
Phil Lord
Annetta Marion
Lily Mariye
Edward Ornelas
Kimberly A. Peirce
Jason Robert Reitman
Bethany Rooney
Marcos Siega
Alex Stapleton
J. Rupert Thompson
Affiliate Board Members
Julie Gelfand
Louis J. Guerra
Keven Koster
Glenna Meeks
Shawn Pipkin-West
Second Alternate Board Members
Alanna G.A. Campbell
Mimi (Marian) Deaton
Joe MJ Moore
Chemen A. Ochoa
Lyn Pinezich
Canella Williams-Larrabee
