SAG-AFTRA Announces Houston-Austin Local Election Results

Today, August 2, 2013, the ballot tabulation of the Houston-Austin Local election was conducted. Please note that some candidates ran unopposed and were declared elected without the necessity of a membership vote. Following are the results of the election. Those positions that required a balloted election are listed with an asterisk*. For complete balloted election results, click HERE.

Dee Dawson*
National Board Member
Two-year term

Pamela Weaver*
President
Two-year term

Robert Nelson*
1st Vice President
Two-year term

Bob Boudreaux*
2nd Vice President
Two-year term

Allison Victoria
Secretary
Two-year term

Mykle McCoslin*
Local Board Member
Two-year term

Elizabeth Graham*
Local Board Member
Two-year term

Glynace Eastham*
Local Board Member
Two-year term

J. "Sonny" Opiela*
Local Board Member
Two-year term

Dee Dawson*
Local Board Member
Two-year term

Mykle McCoslin
Convention Delegate
Two-year term

Allison Victoria
Convention Delegate
Two-year term

Elizabeth Graham
Convention Delegate
Two-year term

Those members elected as Local Officers, Local Board members and Convention Delegates, by virtue of their election to those positions, are also elected as Alternate National Board members who may be called upon to serve at National Board meetings when the National Board member from Houston-Austin is unable to attend. The National Board member and President, by virtue of their election to those positions, also serve as Convention Delegates.

The newly elected leaders will be installed in office on August 15, 2013.

SAG-AFTRA represents more than 165,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org.