Television Academy Announces Newly Elected Governors and Executive Committee Members for 2011
New governors will serve two-year terms.
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today the names of the new elected representatives and appointees to its executive committee. The announcement was made by Television Academy chairman and CEO John Shaffner.
“We have kicked off 2011 with a board and executive committee of accomplished leaders in our community,” said Shaffner. “These individuals have achieved great success in their respective fields, and we look forward to the ideas and leadership they will bring to the Television Academy.”
Governors elected by the 2011 board of governors to serve on the executive committee include Conrad Bachmann (Performers Peer Group), Tim Gibbons (Producers Peer Group), Geoff Katz (Interactive Media Peer Group) and John Moffitt (Directors Peer Group). From the television community at large, Shaffner has reappointed former Television Academy chair Dick Askin, Disney/ABC Television Group’s executive vice president, digital media, Albert Cheng, performer Benito Martinez; and director Millicent Shelton to serve as his chair’s appointees to the executive committee.
Additionally, the Academy announced the newest members that were voted in to represent their respective peer groups for a two-year term at the Television Academy.
Newly elected governors include Ted Barba (Stunts), Gary Baum (Cinematographers), Beth Bohn (Professional Representatives), Daniel Evans, III (Children’s Programming), Sabrina Fair Thomas (Los Angeles Area), John C. Fisher (Daytime Programming), Leslie Frankenheimer (Art Directors/Set Directors), Kathryn Joosten (Performers), Melinda Leasure (Animation), Howard Meltzer, CSA (Casting Directors), Patricia Messina (Makeup Artists & Hairstylists), Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg (Production Executives), Michael Olman, C.A.S. (Sound), Kevin Pike (Special Visual Effects), Mary Rose (Costume Design & Supervision), Jason Rosenfield, A.C.E. (Picture Editors), Mark Samels (Nonfiction Programming) and Michael Sluchan (Television Executives).
The executive committee members, as well as the newly elected governors, begin their terms immediately.