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A P R I L 2 0 2 1 I 4 3 DGA STAFF UPDATES DGA Executive in Charge of Research Joyce Baron to Retire; Peter Svab and David Pihl Promoted National Executive Director Russell Hollander recently announced that after two decades of exceptional service to the Guild, DGA Executive in Charge of Research Joyce Baron will retire from her position in June 2021. Peter Svab has been promoted to Executive in Charge of Data and Analytics and David Pihl promoted to Executive in Charge of Research and Strategic Analysis. Baron joined the DGA in 2000 as Director of Research and Policy Analysis. She was promoted to DGA Assistant Executive Director, Research and Strategic Analysis in 2011. She was responsible for managing a range of research services for the Guild, focusing on issues related to collective bargaining, government and international affairs, strategic planning, communications and member services. Baron has played a key role in the DGA's industry forecasts and annual diversity reports. Before joining the DGA, she worked as a television producer and writer, specializing in health and medical programming and commercials. Baron holds a Master of Public Policy from UCLA and received a BA in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In their new positions, Svab and Pihl will continue to identify and analyze trends that impact the entertainment industry; initiate research studies, develop research models and prepare reports; oversee data collection and analysis; and manage outside research consultants hired by the Guild. Svab joined the DGA in 2000 as an analyst in the Guild's newly formed Research Department and was promoted to Research Manager in 2003. In 2008 he moved into the DGA's I.T. group as a Business Analyst, where he was integral in developing the Guild's proprietary data systems. In 2012 he returned to the Research team as the Director of Research & Business Analysis, where he implemented the DGA's current reporting and data analytics architecture. A graduate of USC, Svab worked for several media and advertising companies before joining the DGA. Pihl joined the DGA Research Department in 2018 as a Research Analyst. Prior to joining the DGA, he had over a decade of labor union experience as an organizer and research analyst with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in Washington, D.C. and SEIU United Healthcare Workers in Los Angeles, CA. Pihl completed an MS degree in Labor Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is a graduate of Pitzer College in Claremont, CA with a BA in Political Studies. Joyce Baron Peter Svab David Pihl Director Gina Prince-Bythewood has been elected to join Director Jeffrey W. Byrd and UPM Dwight Williams as a Co-Chair of the African American Steering Committee (AASC). Prince-Bythewood was elected to fill a vacancy created when Director Janice Cooke resigned from her post as Co-Chair. Prince-Bythewood's credits include writing and directing the award-winning features, Love & Basketball and The Secret Life of Bees, and the award-nominated feature, Beyond the Lights; and directing the recent critically acclaimed feature, The Old Guard. She is currently at work on the TriStar Pictures historical epic, The Woman King, as well as planning to direct the first episode and serve as an Executive Producer of ABC's limited series, Women of the Movement. An advocate for equal representation in film and television on-screen and behind-the-scenes, Prince-Bythewood also funds a scholarship for African American students in the film program at her alma mater, UCLA. She has been a DGA member since 1999 and serves as an alternate on the Western Directors Council. For more information about the AASC, visit their webpage on www.dga.org. Director Gina Prince-Bythewood Elected Co-Chair of the AASC photo by Samuel Trotter DGA COMMITTEE UPDATE

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