Screen Actors Guild Chicago Branch Announces Election Results

Chicago (September 15, 2011) - Screen Actors Guild today announced election results for the Chicago Branch elections.
 
Candidates elected from the Chicago Branch include:

Roslyn Alexander - Council (Illinois/Wisconsin/Indiana) / National Board Alternate - three-year term
Lacy Katherine Campbell - Council (Illinois/Wisconsin/Indiana) / National Board Alternate - three-year term
George Elliot - Council (Illinois/Wisconsin/Indiana) / National Board Alternate - three-year term
Grace McPhillips - Council (Illinois/Wisconsin/Indiana) / National Board Alternate - three-year term
Nancy Sellers - Council (Illinois/Wisconsin/Indiana) / National Board Alternate - three-year term
Peter Moore - Council (Minnesota) / National Board Alternate - three-year term
Ann Wilkinson - Council (Iowa) / National Board Alternate - three-year term
Matthew William O’Toole - Council (Missouri) / National Board Alternate - three-year term
John W. Lawson - Council (Ohio) / National Board Alternate - three-year term

Members elected as Council Members at Large will also be elected as Alternate National Directors who may be called upon to serve at National Board meetings when the National Board member from the Chicago Branch is unavailable to attend.
 
The newly elected leaders will assume office on September 25, 2011.

Elections are being conducted in other SAG Branches and divisions across the country with all ballots tabulated no later than September 24. The results of those elections will be reported when completed.

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Screen Actors Guild is the nation’s largest labor union representing working actors. Established in 1933, SAG has a rich history in the American labor movement, from standing up to studios to break long-term engagement contracts in the 1940s to fighting for artists’ rights amid the digital revolution sweeping the entertainment industry in the 21st century. With 20 branches nationwide, SAG represents nearly 120,000 actors who work in film and digital television programs, motion pictures, commercials, video games, music videos, corporate/educational and all new media formats. The Guild exists to enhance actors’ working conditions, compensation and benefits and to be a powerful, unified voice on behalf of artists’ rights. SAG is a proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO. Headquartered in Los Angeles, you can visit SAG online at SAG.org.

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Contact: Pamela Greenwalt
Communications Executive Director
Screen Actors Guild
(323) 549-6872
pgreenwalt@sag.org