2019 SAG-AFTRA Candidate Elections

Los Angeles – SAG-AFTRA today released the official rosters of candidates for its upcoming elections. National president and secretary-treasurer positions are up for election, both of which carry two-year terms. 45 national board seats are up for election this year, along with all local officer, local board, and convention delegate positions. 

The executive vice president and other vice presidents will be elected at the SAG-AFTRA Convention in October.

National officer ballots will be mailed to all eligible SAG-AFTRA members nationwide on July 29, with a return deadline and tabulation on August 28. Election results are expected to be announced that evening. The same schedule will apply to the Los Angeles and New York Local elections. Schedules vary for other local elections.

The candidates for national president are Jane Austin, Gabrielle Carteris, Abraham Justice, Matthew Modine and Queen Alljahye Searles. The candidates for national secretary-treasurer are Jodi Long, Camryn Manheim, Chuck Slavin and Rob Stats. 

Voter guides for the national officer elections and for each local with contested elections can be found on the 2019 SAG-AFTRA Candidate Elections webpage.
 

About SAG-AFTRA

SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org.