On Aug. 23, 2019, the ballot tabulation of the SAG-AFTRA New England Local election was conducted. Please note that one candidate ran unopposed and was declared elected without the necessity of a membership vote. Following are the results of the election. Those positions that required a balloted election are listed with an asterisk*. For complete balloted election results, click here.
Andrea Lyman* | President | 2-year term |
Tom Kemp* | Vice President - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Vic Ramos | Vice President - Broadcast | 2-year term |
Ellen Colton* | Secretary | 2-year term |
Bill Mootos* | Local Board Member - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Chuck Slavin* | Local Board Member - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Dale F. Appel* | Local Board Member - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Peter M. McSwiggin* | Local Board Member - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Russell J. Gannon* | Local Board Member - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Gilda James* | Local Board Member - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Karen Scalia* | Local Board Member - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Dan Marshall* | Local Board Member - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Ted Garland* | Local Board Member - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Freddie F Wong* | Local Board Member - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Michael E Macklin* | Local Board Member - Broadcast | 2-year term |
Rod Fritz* | Local Board Member - Broadcast | 2-year term |
Garo Hagopian* | Local Board Member - Broadcast | 2-year term |
Douglas Cope* | Local Board Member - Broadcast | 2-year term |
Tom Kemp* | Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Ellen Colton* | Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Chuck Slavin* | Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Michele Proude* | Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Kevin Fennessy* | Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Dale F. Appel* | Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Russell J. Gannon* | Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Peter McSwiggin* | Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Freddie F Wong* | Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Gilda James* | Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Ted Garland* | Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer | 2-year term |
Vic Ramos* | Convention Delegate - Broadcast | 2-year term |
Rod Fritz* | Convention Delegate - Broadcast | 2-year term |
Those members elected as Local Officers, Local Board members and Convention Delegates, by virtue of their election to those positions, are also elected as Alternate National Board members who may be called upon to serve at National Board meetings when the National Board Member from the New England Local is unable to attend. The President, by virtue of election to that position, also serves as a Convention Delegate.
The newly elected leaders will be installed in office on Aug. 28, 2019.
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