Sara David, operating unopposed, has been elected vp of the WGA East representing on-line media members, and Kathy McGee beat two different candidates to turn into vp representing members working within the broadcast/cable/streaming information sector.
David, a digital editor at Paramount+/Viacom CBS for unscripted collection, at the moment serves on the WGA East Council, the guild’s governing physique. McGee, a information author at WCBS New York Metropolis, has served on the guild’s Council and on its Committee for Inclusion and Fairness.
That is the guild’s first election since its members voted overwhelmingly in June to amend the WGAE structure and restructure the guild to make sure a extra “balanced illustration” amongst its three work sectors: movie/tv/streaming, broadcast/cable/streaming information, and on-line media.
In the one different contested race, six members, all incumbents, have been re-elected to serve on the Council representing the movie/TV/streaming sector: Erica Saleh, A.M. Properties, Monica Lee Bellais, Gina Gionfriddo, Tian Jun Gu and Kaitlin Fontana.
Two different candidates, operating unopposed to symbolize the web media sector, additionally have been elected to the Council. They’re Susan Rinkunas and Jessica Schulberg.
The Council now consists of 20 Council members — 12 movie/TV/streaming Council members, 5 on-line media Council members, and three broadcast/cable/streaming information Council members — plus 5 officers: president, secretary-treasurer, and three vice presidents, one from every work sector.
Election of the guild’s president, secretary-treasurer and vp representing the movie/TV/streaming sector might be held subsequent 12 months.
Ending their two-year phrases with one other 12 months in workplace are President Michael Winship, Secretary-Treasurer Christopher Kyle, and Lisa Takeuchi Cullen as vp now representing the Movie/TV/streaming sector.
