Media & Entertainment Law

SAG yesterday released the official list of candidates for its upcoming national board elections.  Notably, all of the open seats in LA (the Hollywood Division) are held by MembershipFirst members, which means that, as was the case last year, MF can at best maintain its level of representation on the national board. More likely, it will lose some of its board seats.

On the Hollywood divisional board, MF could gain or lose, as all division seats are up every year. This contrasts with the national board, where approximately 1/3 of the 69 seats are up in any given year. The president and secretary-treasurer, who are ex officio members of the board, have two-year terms, and are not up for election this year.

Ballots in Hollywood and New York will be mailed on August 24 with a return deadline and tabulation on September 23. Election results are expected to be announced that evening.

The Hollywood Division will elect 13 national board members and 22 alternates. Twelve candidate positions will be seated for a three year term and one candidate position will be seated for a one (1) year term (all national board alternates serve for one year).

The New York Division will elect five national board members and nine alternates. Each seat is for a three-year term.

Directors holding nine other national board seats will be elected from SAG Branches outside Hollywood and New York. Most of them have already been elected - see below.

Candidate names are listed in random order, as they will appear on the ballot. Affiliations ? MembershipFirst, Unite for Strength or independent ? are indicated where known. Incumbents on the national board (N) and Hollywood board (H) are indicated where known, with data on this based on information from SAGWatch.

Note that anyone from Hollywood who is on the national board is automatically a member of the Hollywood board as well, but not vice versa.

1.  Clancy Brown (MF)

2.  Esai Morales (MF, N, H)

3.  John Tremaine

4.  Mobin Khan

5.  Michael O?Neill (UFS)

6.  Woody Schultz (UFS)

7.  Ron Perlman (UFS)

8.  L. Scott Caldwell (UFS, H)

9.  Valerie Harper (MF, N, H)

10.  Bill Smitrovich (UFS, H)

11.  David Clennon (MF)

12.  David Hillberg

13.  Salazar

14.  Marisol Nichols (UFS)

15.  Pete Antico

16.  Bob Carlson (MF)

17.  Leigh French (Ind)

18.  Angela Watson (MF, N, H)

19.  Jane Austin (MF, N, H)

20.  Jeff Austin (MF, N, H)

21.  Scott Pierce

22.  Jenny Worman (MF, H)

23.  Joe Bologna (MF, H)

24.  Gabrielle Carteris (UFS, H)

25.  Assaf Cohen (UFS)

26.  David Jolliffe (MF)

27.  Sam Jaegar (UFS)

28.  Joe Stevens

29.  Amy Madigan (MF?)

30.  Sumi Haru (MF, N, H)

31.   Dawnn Lewis (UFS, H)

32.   DeWayne Williams

33.   Dileep Rao (UFS)

34.   Renée Taylor (MF, H)

35.   Paul Napier (MF)

36.   Mimi Cozzens (UFS)

37.   Christine Lakin (UFS)

38.   William Charlton (UFS)

39.   Clyde Kusatsu (UFS, H)

40.   Alan Rosenberg (MF, H)

41.   Conrad E. Palmisano (UFS)

42.   Larry Joshua

43.   William Mapother (MF, N, H)

44.   Bernie Casey (MF, H)

45.   Michelle Allsopp (UFS, H)

46.   Ned Vaughn (UFS)

47.   Jason George (UFS, H)

48.   Rico Bueno (Ind?)

49.   Patrick Fabian (UFS, H)

50.   Hector Herrera

51.   Marcia Strassman (UFS)

52.   Mandy Steckelberg (UFS, H)

53.   Clark Gregg (UFS)

54.   Bertila Damas (UFS)

55.   Jon Huertas (UFS)

56.   Joe d?Angerio (MF, N, H)

57.   Tara Radcliffe (UFS)

58.   Ellen Crawford (UFS)

59.   Alan Ruck (MF)

60.   Michele Santopietro (MF?)

61.   Clint Howard

62.   Donal Logue (UFS)

63.   Gilles Marini (UFS)

64.   Stacey Travis (UFS, H)

65.   Peter Kwong (MF?)

66.   Sarayu Rao (UFS)

67.   Jeff Garlin (UFS)

68.   Michael O?Keefe (UFS, H)

69.   Nancy Sinatra (MF, N, H)

70.   Jenny O?Hara (UFS, H)

71.   Matt Crabtree

72.   D.W. Moffett (UFS, H)

73.   Frances Fisher (MF, N, H)

74.   Carole Elliott (MF)

75.   Reneé Aubry (MF)

Candidate names are listed in order by randomly selecting a letter and then listing candidate names alphabetically by last name starting with the letter selected. The letter ?U? was randomly selected, but there are no names that start with U, V, W, X, Y or Z, so the list wraps around, and ?A? becomes the first to be listed. Following is the order in which they will appear on the ballot.

All listed candidates are part of United Screen Actors Nationwide, a NY based slate that generally votes the same as UFS, with the exception of Tom Nonnon, who is independent.

1.  Manny Alfaro

2.  Dave Bachman

3.  Marc Baron

4.  Justin Barrett

5.  Andrew Dolan

6.  Maureen Donnelly

7.  Nancy Giles

8.  Mike Hodge

9.  Richard Masur

10.  Sue-Anne Morrow

11.  Joe Narciso

12.  Tom Nonnon

13.  Jay Potter

14.  John Rothman

15.  Kevin Scullin

2010 SAG Regional Branch Division Board Election Candidates

Candidate names are listed in alphabetical order, as they will appear on the ballot. In most Regional Branches where candidates ran for office unopposed, the candidates may be declared elected without the necessity of a membership vote*.

Arizona

Steve Fried* (elected)

Chicago

Todd Hissong

Florida

Nancy Duerr* (elected)

Georgia

Debra Nelson* (elected)

Houston

Robert Nelson* (elected)

New Mexico

Roy Costley* (elected)

San Francisco

Tom Chantler* (elected)

Seattle

Abby Dylan* (elected)

Utah

Anne Sward* (elected)