June 19, 2015
The DGA Category Councils recently conducted member, officer and alternate member elections. Below are the rosters of the Councils as of this date. Congratulations to all those elected to serve.
Western Directors Council
Paris Barclay, Presiding Officer
Members: Kathryn Bigelow, Jeff Byrd, Gil Cates, Jr., Lisa Cholodenko, Todd Holland, Lawrence Kasdan, Garry K. Marshall, Jonathan Mostow, Christopher Nolan, Edward James Olmos, Kimberly Peirce, Donald M. Petrie, Millicent Shelton, Brad Silberling, Carl Weathers, Michael A. Zinberg.
Alternate Members: Jonathan M. Avnet, Zetna Fuentes, Karen Gaviola, Joanna Kerns, Randal Kleiser, Michael Mann, Jay Roach.
Past Presidents: Michael Apted, Martha Coolidge, Taylor Hackford, Arthur Hiller, Gene Reynolds.
Ex Officios: Michael Apted, Jon Favreau, Lesli Linka Glatter, Taylor Hackford, Mimi Leder, Donald L. Mischer, Thomas D. Schlamme, Steven Spielberg, Betty Thomas.
Eastern Directors Council
Vincent Misiano, Presiding Officer
Members: Jace Alexander, Laura Belsey, Joe Berlinger, Ted Bogosian, Tricia Brock, Gary Donatelli, Jan Eliasberg, Naomi Foner, Maggie Greenwald, Brooke Kennedy, Michael Pressman, Rosemary Rodriguez, Lara Shapiro, Eric Stoltz, Al Yellon. Ex Officios: John LiBretto, Ed Sherin, Steven Soderbergh.
The names of the Eastern Directors Council Alternates will be posted on the DGA website following the completion of their elections.
AD/UPM Council West
Marie Cantin, Chair
Cleve Landsberg, First Vice Chair
Liz Ryan, Second Vice Chair
Timothy G. Engle, Secretary-Treasurer
Members: Lisa Chu, Courtney M. Franklin, Michele Panelli-Venetis, Katterli Frauenfelder, Duncan S. Henderson, Victor Hsu, Pamela Monroe, Jennie Kathleen O’Keefe, Lucille OuYang, Brian F. Relyea, Scott D. Remick, Sally Young.
Alternate Members: Lee Blaine, Clark Credle, Alan B. Curtiss, Mark Hansson, Linda Montanti, Marc Newland, Jaysene Overton, Shawn Pipkin, Carol Vitkay, Dwight Williams.
AD/UPM Council East
Kathleen McGill, Chair
Lyn Pinezich, First Vice Chair
Daniel Hank, Second Vice Chair
Joe C. Guest, Secretary-Treasurer
Members: Daniela Barbosa, Joe Cacciotti, Jr., Ellen Athena Catsikeas, Al Cohn, Scott Ferguson, Nan L. Bernstein Freed, Betsy Jo Friedman, Louis J. Guerra, Amy Lynn, Mark McGann, Lyn Pinezich, Jennifer Truelove, Courtney Wulfe.
Alternate Members: Lynn D. Appelle, Fred Blankfein, Jane Ferguson, Debra Kent, Michael Kriaris, Les McDonough, Brian Papworth, Michael Reichman, Beth Schebece, Thomas J. Whelan.
Ex Officio: Mary Rae Thewlis.
AD/SM/PA Council West
Thomas McDermott, Chair
Jim Tanker, First Vice Chair
Risa Thomas, Second Vice Chair
Denise Jackson White Serrette, Secretary-Treasurer
Members: Marian (Mimi) Deaton, Brad Duns, Valdez Flagg, Roy Friedland, Douglas Jon Hayden, Margaret McCurry, Gary R. Natoli, Dency L. Nelson, Scott L. Rindenow, Barbara Roche, Kathy Suszko, Leslie Vincent. Alternate Members: Jeff Arnold, Christopher De Celle, Linda Hahon, Bill Herbstman, Marika Kushel, Clyde Kaplan, Jonathan Eli Marks, Jasmine Orlandini, Michelle Robinson.
AD/SM/PA Council East
Joyce Thomas, Chair
Keith Greer, First Vice Chair
Patricia Smith, Second Vice Chair
Terry Benson, Secretary-Treasurer
Members: Scott Berger, Jennifer Blood, Vince DeDario, Jeff Gitter, Kelly Hernacki, Garry Hood, Meryl Jaffe, Carol Lehti, Arthur E. Lewis, Bruce Martin, Esperanza “Candy” Martinez, Dennis W. Mazzocco.
Alternate Members: David Beld, David Cooper, Peter Epstein, Judith Farinet, Doug Fogel, Glenna Meeks, Eulogio Ortiz, Amanda Louise Rodriguez, Lauren Class Schneider, Toni E. Slotkin.