On June 7, the DGA Diversity Committees (African American Steering, Asian American, Latino and Women’s Steering Committee) hosted a networking mixer geared especially for director’s team members in the boardroom of DGA headquarters in Los Angeles. The event was designed to provide assistant directors with the opportunity to make connections and establish constructive relationships for the future.
The participating show-runners and production executives included:
- Director/UPM/1st AD Richard Abramitis (Hart of Dixie)
- UPM Billy Badalato (The Conspirator)
- UPM/Consultant Bill Badalato (About Schmidt)
- UPM Cydney Bernard (Off the Map)
- Director/UPM/1st AD Marco Black (CSI: Miami)
- Producer/UPM Mark Glick (Dark Blue)
- Co-Producer/UPM Michele Greco (Mad Men)
- Producer/UPM Mark Greenberg (Cougar Town)
- Co-Producer/UPM Howard Griffith (Criminal Minds)
- Producer/UPM Victor Hsu (Men of a Certain Age)
- Director/Producer/UPM Tim Iacofano (24)
- Producer/Director Alex Kazan (Desert Rose)
- Producer/UPM Richard King (The League)
- Producer/UPM Dylan Massin (Parenthood)
- UPM/Mentor Carla McCloskey (The Closer)
- UPM Bob Nellans (Torchwood: The New World)
- Line Producer/UPM Ken Ornstein (Melissa & Joey)
- Producer/UPM Richard Prince (CSI: NY)
- UPM Neil Rapp (Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea)
- Associate Producer/UPM Audra Rodgers (Big Time Rush)
- UPM Jason Saville (Happy Endings)
- Co-Producer/UPM Richard Schor (United States of Tara)
- Executive Producer/UPM/1st AD Ellen Schwartz (Something Borrowed)
- Producer/UPM Tim Silver (10 Things I Hate About You)
- Producer/UPM Debra Spidell (Big Time Rush)
- UPM Jerram Swartz (Greek)
- Producer/UPM Jim Weis (Body of Proof)
- UPM Ian Woolf (Criminal Minds)
- UPM Sally Young (Modern Family)