Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer WGA East president Michael Winship will not be seeking re-election amid the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. “This is a decision that was made right from the start two years ago when I was asked to return to the presidency,” Winship said in a statement sent to guild members Tuesday, just as WGAE revealed the candidates up for officer seats in its upcoming council election this September. “Despite having already served five terms as president, from 2007-2017, I agreed to run again in 2021 to help work out issues the guild was facing in terms of constitutional revisions and other membership concerns, but I did say then that it only would be for two years.” Per Winship, “This is not a choice that was made lightly, but I have been a member of this union for more than four decades and active in our work for nearly all of them.

Now the time has come for me to pass responsibility to the new generation of Guild members and the elected council.” According to WGA, the candidates for officer seats include Lisa Takeuchi Cullen for president, Chris Kyle for secretary-treasurer, Erica Saleh for vice president in the Film/TV/Streaming work sector.

There are also 12 candidates for six council seats available in the Film/TV/Streaming work sector: Sasha Stewart, David Angelo, Liz Hynes, Ian Olympio, Sara Montana, Sofia Alvarez, Zhubin Parang, Hallie Haglund, Nick Bernardone, Benjamin Rosenblum, Greg Iwinski and Josh Gondelman.

The candidates competing for three council seats in Online Media work sector are: Sie Morley, Samantha Smylie, Levi Winslow, David Lumb and Caitlin Cruz.

WGA East President Michael Winship Will Not Run for Re-Election: ‘Time Has Come for Me to Pass Responsibility to the New Generation’

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