2024 WGAE Council Elections Results

NEW YORK, NY (September 19, 2024) – The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) today announced the results of its 2024 Council election.

The Council consists of 20 Council members: twelve (12) Film/TV/Streaming  members, five (5) Online Media  members and three (3) Broadcast/Cable/Streaming News members, plus five (5) officers: President, Secretary-Treasurer and three (3) Vice Presidents, one from each work sector.

Film/TV/Streaming members work in film, television, podcasts and SVOD; Online Media members work in digital news shops; Broadcast/Cable/Streaming News members work in traditional broadcast, cable and streaming news shops, all in positions under the Guild’s jurisdiction.

The 2024 WGAE Council election included the following open positions: Online Media Vice President, Broadcast/Cable/Streaming News Vice President, six (6) Film/TV/Streaming seats, two (2) Online Media seats and three (3) Broadcast/Cable/Streaming News seats.

Sara David has been elected Vice President of the Online Media sector.

Beth Godvik has been elected Vice President of the Broadcast/Cable/Streaming News sector. 

Monica Lee Bellais, Larry J Cohen, Don P. Hooper, Victoria Pollack, Celine Robinson and Suzanne Weber were elected to serve on the Council representing Film/TV/Streaming members.

Susan Rinkunas and Jessica Schulberg were elected to serve on the Council representing Online Media members.

Justin DiLauro, Gail Lee and Phil Pilato were elected to serve on the Council representing Broadcast/Cable/Streaming News members.

Members currently serving on the WGAE Council with one year left in their term include President Lisa Takeuchi Cullen and Secretary-Treasurer Christopher Kyle; the Film/Television/Streaming sector includes Vice President Erica Saleh, council members Sofia Alvarez, Josh Gondelman, Liz Hynes, Greg Iwinski, Sarah Montana and Sasha Stewart; the Online Media sector includes Caitlin Cruz, Sie Morley and Samantha Smylie.

In Film/TV/Streaming, votes were cast by 14.23% of eligible voters (4,251). In Online Media, votes were cast by 6.3% of eligible voters (2,176). In Broadcast/Cable/Streaming News, votes were cast by 11.07% of eligible voters (1,228). The ballot count was supervised by eBallot.

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