Zimmerman, Price and Mont Hold Top Spots After Equity Elections, Jordon, Karas and Shindle Gain New Posts

Actors' Equity Association (Equity), the Union which represents more than 49,000 working stage actors and stage managers nationwide, today announced the election results for the 8 officers and 17 National Council seats.

Mark Zimmerman, Paige Price and Ira Mont ran uncontested for the offices of President, First Vice President and Third Vice President respectively. The team has led the Union since 2006. Joining them in the National positions is newly elected Rebecca Kim Jordon as Second Vice President and Sandra Karas, who received the nod for Secretary Treasurer.

Dev Kennedy, the Central Regional Vice President, and Doug Carfrae, Western Regional Vice President, were reelected to their seats. Kate Shindle won the Eastern Regional Vice President seat.

In addition to the officers, 17 Council seats are filled. In the Eastern Region, Stephen Bogardus, Conard Fowkes and Tim Jerome are elected to the Principal seats for a five year term and James Moye is elected to the Principal seat for a three year term. Seated for a five year term in the Chorus category are Jennifer Cody, Jennifer Smith, Joanne Borts, and Melissa Robinette; Stas Kmiec joins the Council for a three year term in the same category. Marjorie Horne and Jess W. Speaker III are both elected to Stage Manager for a five year term.

The Central Region had one open seat for Principal for a five year term. Madeline Fallon is reupped in that category. The Western Region open seats includes Principal (five year term), filled by Kevin McMahon, Kelly Ground, Clarinda Ross and Greg North. Kim Arnett is elected to the Chorus seat for a five year term.

Actors' Equity Association was founded in 1913 and seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans, Actors' Equity Association is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions.