The Directors Guild has hired Celeste Drake as Executive in Charge of Government Affairs and promoted guild veteran Tim Webber to Executive in Charge of Physical Operations. The appointments were announced today by DGA National Executive Director Russell Hollander, to whom they’ll report.
Drake will oversee the guild’s federal legislative and governmental work, serving as an advocate for the DGA and its members on such key issues as intellectual property, copyright and anti-piracy protections; pension and health; and issues relating to the protection of DGA members’ creative and economic rights. She also will coordinate and manage the work of the DGA Political Action Committee and DGA Pac Leadership Council.
Previously, Drake was the trade and globalization policy specialist at the AFL-CIO, advocating for reforms to U.S. trade policy to create shared gains from trade on behalf of working families.
“[Drake’s] extensive labor union, legislative and trade expertise make...
Drake will oversee the guild’s federal legislative and governmental work, serving as an advocate for the DGA and its members on such key issues as intellectual property, copyright and anti-piracy protections; pension and health; and issues relating to the protection of DGA members’ creative and economic rights. She also will coordinate and manage the work of the DGA Political Action Committee and DGA Pac Leadership Council.
Previously, Drake was the trade and globalization policy specialist at the AFL-CIO, advocating for reforms to U.S. trade policy to create shared gains from trade on behalf of working families.
“[Drake’s] extensive labor union, legislative and trade expertise make...
- 5/9/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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