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53 SAG -AF TR A | Special Issue 2015 | SAGAFTRA.org P U T T I N G I T T O G E T H E R coordinates the event dinner and, with Greco, creates the Champagne Taittinger toast that opens the SAG Awards Red Carpet. Talent Producer Maggie Barrett-Caulfield, returning for her 15th year, leads the team responsible for booking the celebrity announcers and presenters. Having booked talent for many of the top awards programs, including the Emmy Awards, the Tony Awards, the People's Choice Awards, the American Comedy Awards and events such as the opening ceremonies for presidential inaugurations and the Special Olympics, Caulfield particularly enjoys the SAG Awards because it's "the only award show that exclusively honors actors and, therefore, the actors are genuinely honored to be there. It's fast-paced, clever, witty and everyone has fun. And, on a personal level, I couldn't ask for a better team of creative people to work with." Spearheading SAG Awards interaction with the media and publicists is Rosalind Jarrett Sepulveda, executive in charge of publicity. Thanks to a tech-savvy new generation on Jarrett Sepulveda's team, the SAG Awards' message is also increasingly carried across multiple social media platforms. Coming back for her 16th year with the SAG Awards, Jarrett Sepulveda brings with her an impressive resume that includes a 2013 Women's Image Network Award, the 2011 ICG Publicists Bob Yeager Award for community service and the Publicist Guild's 1991 and 1986 Maxwell Weinberg Showmanship Awards Another member of Connell's talented second family is Supervising Producer Jon Brockett. Beginning his career in 1996 at the New York office in production development, Brockett eventually found his way to the SAG Awards family in 1998, after serving as interim co-director of SAGindie. He acts as the key contact for studios and networks regarding submissions, screenings and ticketing. Over the past 21 years, Connell has gathered the best of the best in the entertainment industry to create her SAG Awards team, a group of talented individuals who come together to create one of the finest awards show on television. Despite the hard hours and challenging nature of the job, her family keeps returning year after year. "Right down to the very minute details, this team has every aspect covered and I couldn't be more proud of what the SAG Awards has done and continues to do," states Connell. A decorative Actor statue arrives in a box safe and sound to the Shrine. MICHAEL BUCKNER/WIREIMAGE