Meet Your Board

The Nevada Local Board is made up of members who volunteer their time to guide the local. These are the member leaders who work for you.

Kim Renee, President

Kim Renee hails from Niagara Falls, New York. While growing up, she loved to leap from rooftop to rooftop. As a teenager, Renee moved to Las Vegas and discovered a love for theater, but she still wanted adventure. This led her to join the circus and eventually become a stunt performer. Renee has appeared as a stunt performer in many films and television shows, including a role as a stunt double for Wonder Woman’s Lynda Carter. Renee joined the union in 1977 and has been involved with the Nevada Local Board since 1978. 

Dee Drenta, Vice President

Dee Drenta, an Ohio farm girl at heart, enjoyed an education that magnified the beauty and importance of the creative arts. Drenta originally chose a career path in business management with an emphasis on sales and marketing. She utilized this business acumen as a talent agent for several years, after which she satisfied her true longing to study the crafts of acting and voiceover in 2001. Drenta has earned and enjoyed a successful and fulfilling career in commercials, film, television and live acting. 

Frank Trigg, 2nd Vice President

Frank Trigg has been a resident of Las Vegas for the last 13 years. Trigg is married with four children and one granddaughter. After a successful professional UFC MMA career, six years ago he transitioned into acting and stunt work full time. When he’s not on set or training, he spends most of his weekends watching his youngest two play baseball or travels for his MMA refereeing and international commentating duties. Trigg is also in the UFC Hall of Fame for his second match with Matt Hughes. 

Mary Ann Hebinck, Secretary

Mary Ann Hebinck is an actor, singer, dancer and activist with a B.A. in drama from the University of Houston. Moving to Las Vegas in the ’90s, when there was an abundance of film work, Hebinck earned her SAG-AFTRA card doing photo doubling, stand-in and background work. She is currently serving her fourth term as secretary in the Nevada local.

Vittoria Aspatore, Board Member

Vittoria Aspatore was born and raised in Las Vegas. She grew up riding horses and playing sports. With her mother active in the industry, she was able to learn and enjoy having parts in commercials, film and television. Aspatore has been a member of SAG-AFTRA since 1996.

Anthony Burkhalter, Board Member

Anthony Burkhalter has been a professional actor for over 20 years and a proud SAG-AFTRA member for the last 10 years. He hopes to help drive significant change while on the Board that will result in more work for local union members.

Tom Dougherty, Board Member

Tom Dougherty has been a SAG-AFTRA member since 1983. His film experience includes Ghostbusters, The Flamingo Kid, Dawn of the Dead, Now You See Me, Think Like a Man Too and, most recently, The Man Who Sold the World. Dougherty also enjoyed working on the television series House of Lies. He is excited to be on the SAG-AFTRA Nevada Local Board.

Rusty Meyers, Board Member

Rusty Meyers has been a SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity member since 1978, and is a vested, pension-collecting member. Meyers made his living as a full-time actor in both Los Angeles and New York for 20 years. With over 100 principal roles in films, TV and commercials as well as leads in plays and musicals around the country, Meyers continues working as an actor, director, acting coach and principal casting director. As a 20-year Vegas resident, he knows the local talent pool and what it takes to book principal work. Meyers tells actors, “You need to be ready when the time comes.”

Mike Wurst, Board Member

Mike Wurst was born and bred on the Southside of Chicago. In the early 1980s, Wurst studied improv at the Players Workshop of Second City. He then interrupted his burgeoning acting dream to marry the love of his life, Jody, raise a pair of sons, and begin a new career as an air traffic controller for 25 years. After retiring, he recommitted himself to his passionate pursuit of an acting career. Wurst has earned a list of film, television and commercial credits. In 2010, after doing a guest-starring appearance on In Plain Sight, Mike joined SAG-AFTRA.

Steve Dressler, National Board Member

Steve Dressler has been a performer since the age of 10, playing his accordion at school functions. From his early teens to the present, he has sung, danced, acted and performed in dinner and musical theaters, open-air events, a major stage production, radio, television and films. In addition to belonging to seven unions, he is a member of ASCAP and BMI. Dressler has been a member since 1977, and for 19 of those years, he has served on the Nevada Local Board in various roles, including board member, vice president and president. Currently, he is the Nevada Local National Board member. Dressler has a B.A. in mass communications and theology.