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DGA
MONTHLY,
SEPTEMBER
2025
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VOLUME
22,
NUMBER
9
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
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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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DGA MEETINGS • SEPTEMBER 2025
• WESTERN MEETINGS •
WOMEN'S STEERING COMMITTEE
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 - 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email wsc@dga.org
AD/UPM COUNCIL • SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 - 11:30 a.m.
For RSVP info please email adupmwest@dga.org
AD/SM/PA COUNCIL • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 - 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adsmpawest@dga.org
ASIAN AMERICAN COMMITTEE
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 - 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email aac@dga.org
WESTERN DIRECTORS COUNCIL
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 - 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email wdc@dga.org
AFRICAN AMERICAN STEERING COMMITTEE
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 - 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email aasc@dga.org
SAN FRANCISCO COORDINATING COMMITTEE
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 - 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email sfcc@dga.org
NATIONAL BOARD MEETING • SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
8:30 a.m. Breakfast - 9:00 a.m. Meeting - Boardroom
For RSVP info please email Boardmeetingrsvp@dga.org
• EASTERN MEETINGS •
AD/SM/PA COUNCIL • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 - 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adsmpaeast@dga.org
AD/UPM COUNCIL • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 - 7:15 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adupmeast@dga.org
EASTERN DIVERSITY STEERING COMMITTEE
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 - 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email edsc@dga.org
FOCUS ON WOMEN COMMITTEE
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 - 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email fowc@dga.org
• MIDWEST MEETING •
CHICAGO COORDINATING COMMITTEE
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 - 12:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email ccc@dga.org
• NATIONAL MEETINGS •
LGBTQ+ COMMITTEE • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 - 6:00/9:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email lgbtqplus@dga.org
JEWISH COMMITTEE • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 - 6:00/9:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email jc@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.
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.
