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USAN

Unity, Stability, & Advocacy for the New York Local

 

USAN representatives work in every area of the entertainment and media industries and are committed to fighting for living wages, protections against emerging technologies, and safe work environments for SAG-AFTRA members across all media.  We draw strength from our diversity—of identity, of work category, of ability, of career level, and of ideas. Whether you are an actor, broadcaster, singer, dancer, stunt performer or recording artist, we will put your voice in the rooms where it happens. 

USAN VOTER GUIDE

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WHY VOTE USAN?


Here’s what you get with our candidates:

  • Responsible and progressive leadership with integrity. USAN understands that our TRUE adversaries are the multinational corporations that we negotiate with for every contract, not each other.
  • Transparency with the membership. USAN believes in a union that communicates honestly with its membership.
  • A diversity of working professionals working for you – to bring you more opportunities to keep you working, to keep SAG-AFTRA strong, and to be the model for other unions in this country and around the world.
 

We are dedicated to:

  • Advocating for anyone who works in front of a camera or behind a microphone.
  • Strengthening ties with organized labor especially our sister entertainment unions to enhance our bargaining power.
  • Creating legislative tax initiatives to grow work in New York and keep more of your money in your pocket.
  • Bringing more work back to the U.S. with real-world solutions.
  • Finding creative approaches to organizing new work across the country.
  • Fighting the encroachment of non-union work.
  • Franchising and regulating our agents.
  • Stabilizing SAG-AFTRA’s long-term fiscal health.
  • Working with our foundations to increase our career programming, scholarships, health and emergency assistance and provide opportunities through our on camera, voiceover and computer labs for members.
  

WHAT WE’VE DONE

DELIVERED RESULTS

Stood strong for $800 million in production tax incentives for New York, including $100 million specifically for independent production. And we got it!

USAN leaders were out front as strike captains and negotiators in the TV/Theatrical campaign achieving outsized minimum increases, a raise to contribution caps, groundbreaking contract language around the use of artificial intelligence, significant increases to streaming residuals, and first-ever streaming bonus payments.

Led commercials contract negotiations that added $218 million in new earnings and benefit plan contributions, increased streaming use fees by 33.33%, and secured the strongest AI protections of any union contract, including prohibitions on data training.

Spearheaded creation of the new Producers Portal, making it easier for independent productions to use SAG-AFTRA members.

Led the fight for AI Legislation at the state level, advocating for and achieving the first law in the country to mandate a disclaimer when an advertiser uses a synthetic performer.

Battled and won passage of the New York non‑compete bill (S4641), protecting mobility and job opportunity for broadcasters.

Brought members back together with a return to in-person activities such as Conservatory classes, health fairs, meet and greets, celebrations, watch parties, and committee events.

 

WHAT WE’LL DO

USAN LEADERS WILL

Protect members from AI abuse and unauthorized replication.

Collaborate with legislators to ensure New York continues to be a vibrant production destination.

Vigorously Enforce and Expand contract gains in all areas.

Defend our health and pension plans.

Organize new work across all media.

Challenge predatory casting platforms and pay-to-play schemes.

Hold employers accountable for their contractual commitments to equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Our strength is our diversity.

Prioritize communication, responsiveness, and member outreach.

Ensure every member has a voice in shaping the future.

2025 USAN CANDIDATES

NEW YORK PRESIDENT

NEW YORK VICE PRESIDENTS

NEW YORK LOCAL BOARD

NATIONAL BOARD

CONVENTION DELEGATE CANDIDATES

#066 Amanda Brooke Lerner

#067 Jason Liebman

#068 Becca Lish

#069 Malikha Mallette

#070 Ron Mcclary

#071 Tommy McInnis

#072 Vanessa Morales

#073 Jack Mulcahy

#075 Robyne Parrish

#076 Billy Peck

#077 Tameisha Peterson

#078 Jay Potter

#079 Linda Powell

#080 Anthony Rapp

#081 Denise Reed

#082 Jake Riccio

#083 Buzz Roddy

#085 John Rothman

#087 Carl Salonen

#089 Mhari Sandoval

#090 Robert Sciglimpaglia

#091 Kevin Scullin

#092 Sarah Seeds

#094 T. Shyvonne Stewart

 

#096 Vanessa Thorpe

#097 Tania Villanueva

#098 Rick Zahn

#099 Liz Zazzi

#100 Ernest Anemone

#101 Adam Auslander

#102 Dave Bachman

#103 Marc Baron

#104 Evan Bass

#106 Neal Bledsoe

#107 Sandra M. Bloom

#108 Christina Bobrowski

#109 Mariette Booth

#110 Quann Desean Boyd

#111 Imana Breaux

#112 Mélisa Breiner-Sanders

#116 JR Carter

#117 Amy Chang

#118 Mia Christo

#119 Annika Connor

#120 Michelle Liu Coughlin

#121 Nadia Dajani

#122 Sanjit DeSilva

#123 Ariana Debose

#124 Ray DeForest/Doris Dear

#125 Andrew Dickinson

#127 Josh Evans

#128 Ramsey Faraghalla

#129 Robin Flanagan

#130 Nick Fondulis

#131 Erin Fritch

#132 Janette Gautier

#133 Heather Girardi

#134 Traci Godfrey

#136 Stuart Green

#139 Madison Hart

#140 Ed Heavey

#141 Anita Hollander

#142 Nikki M. James

#143 Cadden Jones

#144 Sandra Karas

#145 Bree Klauser

#146 Ezra Knight

#147 Anna Konovalova

#148 Ilene Kristen

 

Campaign 2025

USAN Leadership History

 

USAN was formed by New York members of legacy SAG and AFTRA who were dedicated to merger, to “Uniting Screen Actors Nationwide”. In the decade since our founding, we have successfully served members by supporting and cultivating leaders committed to Unity, Stability, and Advocacy for the New York Local. We remain grounded in their original founding philosophy:  that a strong national union requires the voices of all categories in all locals to be seen, heard, and counted.