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On August 30, SAG-AFTRA announced the results for the Washington-Mid Atlantic Local elections. Please note that some candidates ran unopposed and were 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.

NAME POSITION TERM
Jack Speer National Board Member - Broadcast 4-year term
Tracee Wilkins President 2-year term
Dawn A. Douglas* Vice President 2-year term
Charles Lipper Secretary 2-year term
Lee Armstrong* Local Board Member - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Elliott Bales* Local Board Member - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Ilona Dulaski* Local Board Member - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Keith Flippen* Local Board Member - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Mell Flynn* Local Board Member - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Jack Jenkins* Local Board Member - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Gabriel Kornbluh* Local Board Member - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Allie McCulloch* Local Board Member - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Gale Nemec* Local Board Member - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Martha Newman* Local Board Member - Actor/Performer 2-year term
F. Lee Reynolds* Local Board Member - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Chris Smorto* Local Board Member - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Susan Snyder* Local Board Member - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Towanda Underdue* Local Board Member - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Ellie K. Wang* Local Board Member - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Brandon Benavides Local Board Member - Broadcast 2-year term
Chuck Carroll Local Board Member - Broadcast 2-year term
JJ Green Local Board Member - Broadcast 2-year term
John Henrehan Local Board Member - Broadcast 2-year term
Toby Knapp Local Board Member - Broadcast 2-year term
Maggie Linton Local Board Member - Broadcast 2-year term
Jerry Winsett Local Board Member - North Carolina/South-Central Virginia/West Virginia, Actor/Performer 2-year term
Nicole Hakim Yohn Local Board Member - North Carolina/South-Central Virginia/West Virginia, Actor/Performer 2-year term
Elliott Bales* Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Dawn A. Douglas* Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Ilona Dulaski* Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Keith Flippen* Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Mell Flynn* Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Kathryn Klvana* Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Gabriel Kornbluh* Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Gale Nemec* Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer 2-year term
F. Lee Reynolds* Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Susan Snyder* Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Ellie K. Wang* Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Nicole Hakim Yohn* Convention Delegate - Actor/Performer 2-year term
Brandon Benavides Convention Delegate - Broadcaster 2-year term
Chuck Carroll Convention Delegate - Broadcaster 2-year term
Joe Conway Convention Delegate - Broadcaster 2-year term
John Henrehan Convention Delegate - Broadcaster 2-year term
Toby Knapp Convention Delegate - Broadcaster 2-year term
Maggie Linton Convention Delegate - Broadcaster 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 a National Board member from the Washington-Mid Atlantic Local is unable to attend. The National Board member and President, by virtue of their election to those positions, also serve as Convention Delegates.

The newly elected leaders will be installed in office on September 8, 2023.

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