DGA MEETINGS • APRIL 2025
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
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
SATURDAY, APRIL 5 — 12:00 p.m.
See page 8 for more details.
AD/UPM COUNCIL
MONDAY, APRIL 7 — 8:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adupmwest@dga.org.
ASIAN AMERICAN COMMITTEE
TUESDAY, APRIL 8 — 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email aac@dga.org.
AD/SM/PA COUNCIL
MONDAY, APRIL 14 — 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adsmpawest@dga.org.
DISABILITY COMMITTEE
TUESDAY, APRIL 15 — 6:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email disability@dga.org.
AFRICAN AMERICAN STEERING COMMITTEE
MONDAY, APRIL 21 — 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email aasc@dga.org.
LATINO COMMITTEE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23 — 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email lc@dga.org.
NATIONAL BOARD MEETING
SATURDAY, APRIL 26
8:30 a.m. Breakfast - 9:00 a.m. Meeting - Boardroom
For RSVP info please email Boardmeetingrsvp@dga.org.
• EASTERN MEETINGS •
AD/UPM COUNCIL
TUESDAY, APRIL 1 — 7:15 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adupmeast@dga.org.
AD/SM/PA COUNCIL
MONDAY, APRIL 7 — 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adsmpaeast@dga.org.
Members attending this meeting are also invited to
Navigating the DGA: A New Member Orientation,
at 5:45 p.m. - Registration begins at 5:30 p.m.
See page 8 for more details.
EASTERN DIVERSITY STEERING COMMITTEE
TUESDAY, APRIL 15 — 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email edsc@dga.org.
EASTERN DIRECTORS COUNCIL
MONDAY, APRIL 21 — 7:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m. Dinner/7:00 p.m. Meeting — Boardroom
For RSVP info please email edc@dga.org.
FOCUS ON WOMEN COMMITTEE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 — 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email fowc@dga.org.
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.
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DGA
MONTHLY,
APRIL
2025
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VOLUME
22,
NUMBER
4
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
Mitchell Schwenz, Director of Media Relations
Tricia Noble, Graphic Designer
Becca Nadler, Senior Communications Manager
Mason Kale, Communications
Coordinator
Nathaniel Wilson, Video & Audio Assets Coordinator
Stephen Hassett, Communications/Special Projects Assistant
CONTACT INFORMATION
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www.dga.org - (310) 289-5333 - Email: darrellh@dga.org
PRINT PRODUCTION & ADVERTISING
IngleDodd Media (310) 207-4410
Email: DGA@IngleDodd.com - www.IngleDoddMedia.com
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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0907. Periodicals Postage paid at Los Angeles, CA 90052.
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