DGA MEETINGS • NOVEMBER 2024
PLEASE NOTE: Pre-registration is required for all DGA meetings.
The Guild is committed to the full inclusion of its members and as such would like to ensure proper
accommodations are provided to all attendees (e.g. people with disabilities) as needed. If you have a need for
accommodations to ensure your full participation, please contact access@dga.org to submit your request.
• WESTERN MEETINGS •
SAN FRANCISCO COORDINATING COMMITTEE 2024 FALL
NETWORKING MIXER — SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 - 12:00 p.m.
Scott's Seafood Grill & Bar, 2 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607
RSVP to sfcc@dga.org - See page 10 for details.
AD/UPM COUNCIL
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 - 8:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adupmwest@dga.org
AD/SM/PA COUNCIL
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 - 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adsmpawest@dga.org
LGBTQ+ COMMITTEE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18 - 6:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email LGBTQPlus@dga.org
LATINO COMMITTEE
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 - 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email lc@dga.org
AFRICAN AMERICAN STEERING COMMITTEE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 - 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email aasc@dga.org
ASIAN AMERICAN COMMITTEE
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 - 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email aac@dga.org
• EASTERN MEETINGS •
AD/SM/PA COUNCIL
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11 - 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adsmpaeast@dga.org
AD/UPM COUNCIL
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 - 7:15 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adupmeast@dga.org
FOCUS ON WOMEN COMMITTEE
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 - 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email fowc@dga.org
• MIDWEST MEETING •
CHICAGO-AREA MEMBERSHIP MEETING
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 - 6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. Registration/Reception - 7:00 p.m. Dinner/Meeting
Forte at Symphony Center, 65 East Adams St, Chicago IL 60603
RSVP to ccc@dga.org — see page 11 for more details.
All DGA Meetings are subject to change.
As some updates may have occurred after this issue has gone to press, for the most up-to-date
information please log-in as a member on www.dga.org and consult the events calendar.
N O V E M B E R 2 0 2 4
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DGA
MONTHLY,
NOVEMBER
2024
—
VOLUME
21,
NUMBER
11
DGA NATIONAL BOARD
OF DIRECTORS 2023-2025
OFFICERS
Lesli Linka Glatter, President
Laura Belsey, National Vice-President
Paris Barclay, Secretary-Treasurer
Joyce Thomas, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
Todd Holland, First Vice-President
Ron Howard, Second Vice-President
Gina M. Prince-Bythewood, Third Vice-President
Seith Mann, Fourth Vice-President
Millicent Shelton, Fifth Vice-President
Lily Olszewski, Sixth Vice-President
DGA COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
Morgan Rumpf, Associate Executive Director
Darrell L. Hope, Editor-in-Chief, DGA Monthly & dga.org
Stephanie Bayer, Director of Member Communications
Mitchell Schwenz, Director of Media Relations
Tricia Noble, Graphic Designer
Becca Nadler, Communications Manager
Mason Kale, Communications
Coordinator
Stephen Hassett, Communications/Special Projects Assistant
CONTACT INFORMATION
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EXECUTIVE STAFF
Russell Hollander
National Executive Director
Neil J. Dudich
Associate National Executive Director/
Eastern Executive Director
Rebecca Rhine
Associate National Executive Director/
Western Executive Director
Sahar Moridani
Associate National Executive Director
David B. Dreyfus
General Counsel
DGA COUNCILS
Western Directors Council
Lesli Linka Glatter, Presiding Officer
Eastern Directors Council
Laura Belsey, Presiding Officer
Western AD/UPM Council
Linda Montanti, Chair
Eastern AD/UPM Council
Canella Williams-Larrabee, Chair
Western AD/SM/PA Council
Gary Natoli, Chair
Eastern AD/SM/PA Council
Tony DeSanti, Chair
BOARD MEMBERS:
Kabir Akhtar • Jon Avnet • Norberto Barba • Valdez Flagg •
Courtney M. Franklin • Nicole Kassell • Christopher Nolan •
Joseph P. Reidy • Donald L. Sparks • Steven Spielberg • Glenn P. Weiss
ALTERNATES:
Tessa Blake • Benny Boom • Patricia Cardoso • Hanelle Culpepper •
Ava DuVernay • Karen Gaviola • Maggie Greenwald • Phil Lord •
Annetta Marion • Lily Mariye • Edward Ornelas • Kimberly A. Peirce •
Jason Robert Reitman • Bethany Rooney • Marcos Siega •
Alex Stapleton • J. Rupert Thompson
ASSOCIATES:
Julie Gelfand • Louis J. Guerra • Kevin Koster • Glenna Meeks •
Shawn Pipkin-West
SECOND ALTERNATES:
Alanna G.A. Campbell • Mimi (Marian) Deaton • Joe MJ Moore •
Chemen A. Ochoa • Lyn Pinezich • Canella Williams-Larrabee
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