SAG Releases Candidate List

The Screen Actors Guild on Thursday released the official list of candidates for its upcoming national officer and national board elections. National president and national secretary-treasurer positions are up for election, both of which carry two-year terms. Approximately 1/3 of the total 69 national board seats are open for election this year.Related Topics•Labor The candidates for national president are David Hillberg, incumbent Ken Howard, Asmar Muhammad and Sharon Rubin. The candidate for national secretary-treasurer is Amy Aquino, running unopposed. The only slate fielding candidates in Hollywood is Unite for Strength, which issued a press release at the same time as SAG's. As before, Howard, and 1st Vice President Ned Vaughn are running under the UFS banner. The pro-merger group will also field a full slate of 34 candidates to run for positions on the guild's national and Hollywood boards of directors. MembershipFirst, the historically anti-merger group which effectively controlled the guild from 2005 through early 2009, ran a slate as recently as last year, but did not do so this time. The UFS slate features 27 incumbent or returning candidates, including sitting board member Adam Arkin, and 7 first-time candidates, including Tony Shalhoub (Monk), Stephen Collins (No Ordinary Family), Kate Flannery (The Office), Lisa Vidal (The Event), and Iqbal Theba (Glee). In New York, candidates are being fielded by established slate United Screen Actors Nationwide and breakaway group One Strong Union, both of which are pro-merger. "I'm proud to be running with these candidates," said Howard in reference to his UFS colleagues. "Two years ago, I promised members I would do everything possible to bring SAG and AFTRA together. . . Members have made it clear they need action as soon as possible, and I'm committed to delivering a formal merger plan by January." Aquino and Vaughn echoed Howard's assessment. Shalhoub said, "I grew up in a union town, and as an actor I've always known there was a union behind me. We must never take our union protections for granted and we must never be divided." Other candidates did not immediately release statements. All candidates and slates are listed below. National officer ballots will be mailed to all eligible SAG members nationwide on August 23 with a return deadline and tabulation on September 22. Election results are expected to be announced that evening. The same schedule will apply to the Hollywood and New York Division elections. The Hollywood Division will elect 12 national board members and 22 alternates. Eleven (11) candidate positions will be seated for a three (3) year term and one (1) 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 5 national board members and 9 alternates. Each seat is for a three-year term (all national board alternates serve for one year). Candidates for New York Division president are Sam Robards and incumbent Mike Hodge. Directors holding seven other national board seats will be elected from SAG Branches outside Hollywood and New York. Only one of those seats, in Nevada, is contested. jhandel@att.net Twitter: @jhandel 2011 SAG Hollywood Division Board Election Candidates (Candidate names are listed in random order, as they will appear on the ballot.) 1. D.W. Moffett 2. Mimi Cozzens 3. William Mapother 4. Tony Shalhoub 5. Assaf Cohen 6. Scott Pierce 7. Ken Howard 8. Arye Gross 9. Michael O'Neill 10. Ned Vaughn 11. Mandy Steckelberg 12. Bertila Damas 13. Rene Aubry 14. Robert Elliott 15. Jane Daly 16. George T. Woods 17. Jon Huertas 18. Allen Lulu 19. Bob Bergen 20. Scott Bakula 21. Stephen Mendel 22. Stacey Travis 23. Amy Aquino 24. Peter Antico 25. DeWayne Williams 26. Esai Morales 27. Valerie Harper 28. Tara Radcliffe 29. Stephen Collins 30. Lisa Vidal 31. George Coe 32. Woody Schultz 33. Christine Lakin 34. John Solari 35. Adam Arkin 36. Donal Logue 37. Parvesh Cheena 38. Kate Flannery 39. John Tremaine 40. Conrad E. Palmisano 41. Michelle Allsopp 42. Vivicca A. Whitsett 43. Ellen Crawford 44. David Dorfman 45. Iqbal Theba 46. Mobin Khan 47. Sarayu Rao 48. Ron Ostrow 49. Patrick Fabian 50. Tony Santoro 51. David Hillberg 52. John Carroll Lynch 53. William Charlton 54. James Paradise 55. L. Scott Caldwell 56. David Jolliffe 57. Nicholas Stankevich 2011 SAG New York Division Board Election Candidates (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 "K" was randomly selected. Following is the order in which they will appear on the ballot.) 1. Ezra Knight 2. Gy Mirano 3. Joe Narciso 4. Jay Potter 5. Sam Robards 6. John Rothman 7. Kevin Scullin 8. Matt Servitto 9. Manny Alfaro 10. Corey Anker 11. Dave Bachman 12. Marc Baron 13. Justin Barrett 14. Lewis Black 15. Mark Blum 16. Rebecca Damon 17. Kelly Deadmon 18. Andrew Dolan 19. Traci Godfrey 20. Jeff Gurner 21. Phoebe Jonas 2011 SAG Regional Branch Division Board Election Candidates (Candidate names are listed in alphabetical order, as they will appear on the ballot. In Regional Branches where candidates ran for office unopposed, the candidates may be declared elected without the necessity of a membership vote*.) Boston Bill Mootos* (elected) Dallas* Suzanne Burkhead* (elected) Detroit Ed Kelly* (elected) Houston Robert Nelson* (elected) Nashville Cece DuBois* (elected) Nevada Art Lynch Rick Rockne Washington, D.C./Balt. Stephen F. Schmidt* (elected) Unite for Strength's 2011 Screen Actors Guild officer and board candidates are: President Ken Howard Secretary Treasurer Amy Aquino Board of Directors (with ballot number) Michelle Allsopp - 41 Amy Aquino - 23 Adam Arkin - 35 Bob Bergen - 19 L. Scott Caldwell - 55 William Charlton - 53 Parvesh Cheena - 37 Assaf Cohen - 5 Stephen Collins - 29 Mimi Cozzens - 29 Ellen Crawford - 43 Bertila Damas - 12 Patrick Fabian - 49 Kate Flannery - 38 Arye Gross - 8 Ken Howard - 7 Jon Huertas - 17 Christine Lakin - 33 Donal Logue - 36 Allen Lulu - 18 John Carroll Lynch - 52 D.W. Moffett - 1 Michael O'Neill - 9 Conrad Palmisano - 40 Tara Radcliffe - 28 Sarayu Rao - 47 Woody Schultz - 32 Tony Shalhoub - 4 Mandy Steckelberg - 11 Iqbal Theba - 45 Stacey Travis - 22 Ned Vaughn - 10 Lisa Vidal - 30 Vivicca Whitsett - 42 New York USAN candidates seeking New York board positions are Manny Alfaro, Dave Bachman, Marc Baron, Lewis Black, Marc Blum, Rebecca Damon, Traci Godfrey, Ezra Knight, Jay Potter, Jon Rothman, and Kevin Scullin. The group also endorsed incumbent Mike Hodge for New York Division President. OSU candidates seeking New York board positions are Sam Robards, Matt Servitto, Joe Narciso, Justin Barrett, Andrew Dolan, Corey Anker, Kelly Deadmon, Jeff Gurner, Phoebe Jonas and Gy Mirano. Robards is also running for New York Division President. Related Topics Labor