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DGA
MONTHLY,
APRIL
2026
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VOLUME
23,
NUMBER
4
DGA NATIONAL BOARD
OF DIRECTORS 2025-2027
OFFICERS
Christopher Nolan, 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 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
Mitchell Schwenz, Executive in Charge of Communications
Darrell L. Hope, Editor-in-Chief, DGA Monthly & dga.org
Tricia Noble, Graphic Designer
Becca Nadler, Senior Communications Manager
Nathaniel Wilson, Digital Communications Manager
Mason Kale, Communications
Coordinator
Stephen Hassett, Communications/Special Projects Assistant
CONTACT INFORMATION
7920 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90046-0907
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
Christopher Nolan, 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
BOARD MEMBERS:
Kabir Akhtar • Jon Avnet • Tessa Blake • Valdez Flagg •
Courtney M. Franklin • Nicole Kassell • Phil Lord •
Joseph P. Reidy • Donald L. Sparks • Steven Spielberg • Glenn Weiss
ALTERNATES:
Jamie Babbit • Mary Lou Belli • Benny Boom • Nandi Bowe •
Hanelle Culpepper • Karen Gaviola • Michael Goi • SJ Main Muñoz •
Annetta Marion • Patrick K. McManus • Edward Ornelas •
Jason Reitman • Patricia Riggen • Eric Dean Seaton •
Alex Stapleton • Eric Stoltz • J. Rupert Thompson
ASSOCIATES:
Julie Gelfand • Louis J. Guerra • Kevin Koster • Glenna Meeks •
Shawn Pipkin-West
SECOND ALTERNATES:
Joe MJ Moore • Gary Natoli • Chemen A. Ochoa •
Lyn Pinezich • Canella Williams-Larrabee • Erika Wortham
DGA MONTHLY (USPS 24052) is published monthly by the Directors
Guild of America, Inc., 7920 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90046-
0907. Periodicals Postage paid at Los Angeles, CA 90052.
SUBSCRIPTIONS: $6.00 of each Directors Guild of America member's annual
dues is allocated for an annual subscription to DGA MONTHLY.
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to DGA MONTHLY, Directors Guild of
America, 7920 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90046-0907.
DGA MEETINGS • APRIL 2026
• WESTERN MEETINGS •
AD/UPM COUNCIL
MONDAY, APRIL 6 — 8:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adupmwest@dga.org.
AD/SM/PA COUNCIL
MONDAY, APRIL 13 — 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adsmpawest@dga.org.
ASIAN AMERICAN COMMITTEE
TUESDAY, APRIL 14 — 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email aac@dga.org.
NATIONAL BOARD MEETING
SATURDAY, APRIL 18
8:30 a.m. Breakfast - 9:00 a.m. Meeting - Boardroom
For RSVP info please email Boardmeetingrsvp@dga.org.
AFRICAN AMERICAN STEERING COMMITTEE
MONDAY, APRIL 20 — 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP please email aasc@dga.org.
LATINO COMMITTEE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 — 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email lc@dga.org.
• EASTERN MEETINGS •
EASTERN DIRECTORS COUNCIL
MONDAY, APRIL 13 — 7:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m. Dinner/7:00 p.m. Meeting — Boardroom
For RSVP info please email edc@dga.org.
AD/UPM COUNCIL
TUESDAY, APRIL 14 — 7:15 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adupmeast@dga.org.
• NATIONAL MEETINGS •
DISABILITY COMMITTEE
TUESDAY, APRIL 21 - 6:00 PT/9:00 p.m. ET
For RSVP info please email disability@dga.org.
JEWISH COMMITTEE
MONDAY, APRIL 27 - 6:00 PT/9:00 p.m. ET
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.
