Local 695 Election of Officers & Delegates
On December 21, 2023, Miller Kaplan certified the results of Local 695’s 2023 Election of Officers for the 2024-2026 Executive Board and Delegates to the 2025 IATSE International Convention.
The following members have been elected to a three-year term in the following roles:
Business Representative
Scott Bernard
President
Jillian Arnold
Vice President
Devendra D. Cleary
Recording Secretary
Heidi Nakamura
Treasurer
Phillip W. Palmer CAS
Sergeant-at-Arms
Jamie Gambell
Trustees
Shawn Holden CAS
Jay Patterson CAS
Jennifer Winslow
Board Members
Joseph A. Aredas Jr.
Amanda Beggs
Blas Kisic
Edward L. Moskowitz CAS
Steve Nelson CAS
Mark Ulano CAS AMPS
The following members have been elected to serve as Delegates to the 2025 International Convention:
Heidi Nakamura
Amanda Beggs
Jennifer Winslow
Phillip W. Palmer CAS
Jay Patterson CAS
Eva Rismanforoush
Joseph A. Aredas Jr.
Edward L. Moskowitz CAS
Anna Wilborn
Mark Ulano CAS AMPS
Veronica Kahn
Beau Baker
Bryan Cahill
Richard Lightstone CAS AMPS
James Delhauer
Sara Glaser CAS
The new Executive Board began its term of office on January 20, 2024, at the Local’s Q1 General Membership Meeting, where they were sworn in and took their Oaths of Office. Local 695 congratulates both our new and returning Board members and offers a profound thank you to those who served on the 2021-2023 Board of Directors for their service.
Financial Relief for Entertainment Workers
This year’s prolonged work stoppages have been devastating to the entertainment community across the nation. In Hollywood, our community has been supported by the profound efforts of the Motion Picture Television Fund (MPTF) and the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund). Both of these charities have long histories of offering safety-net services and aid for entertainment workers and their families. Both of these organizations aided the entertainment unions, including Local 695, in administering their relief funds throughout the 2023 WGA & SAG-AFTRA strikes against the AMPTP.
Though the strikes have ended, the financial impact will continue to be felt for some time and both MPTF and the Entertainment Community Fund still have resources available to help. If you work in entertainment and you or your family are in need, please visit their websites online at www.mptf.com and www.entertainmentcommunity.org
Lean In & Lean On Holiday Toy Drive
After a difficult year, many families within our union community were struggling. That is why the IATSE, Teamsters, Basic Crafts, and IBEW 40 joined forces to host the Lean In & Lean On Solidarity Holiday events in order to provide for our own who were in need. The overwhelming generosity from our 695 family went a long way as we filled two full donation boxes with gift items for children and received a 4’5” stuffed giraffe (pictured left with our 4’10” Director of Education & Training Casey Weiss and 1’3” Head of Security Chewie). The Local thanks all of its members for their kind and generous donations during the holiday season.
MLK Breakfast
Local 695 would like to thank the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor for hosting this year’s MLK Day Breakfast at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This was a monumental undertaking in honor of one of our country’s greatest Civil Rights leaders and a testament to the important work his movement continues to do to this day.
IATSE Education
LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) is an excellent source of online training tutorials covering topics such as Avid Pro Tools, Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, Rhino, Vectorworks, Final Cut Pro, Filemaker, AutoCad, Cubase, Logic Pro, Shot Put Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Vegas Pro, as well as Project Management, Software Development, Network Administration, Finance and Accounting, Marketing and much more. All IATSE members are eligible to sign up for a free LinkedIn Learning Account by visiting https://www.iatsetrainingtrust.org/lil.
You can also view a multitude of free educational webinars sponsored by the IA Training Trust Fund online at www.gotostage.com/channel/iaeducationforall. These webinars cover a range of topics from labor and voting rights; the basics of equity, diversity, and inclusion; mental health subjects such as depression, substance abuse; physical safety and well-being at work; and so much more.
New Members
Local 695 Welcomes its New Members
Stephen “Stepho” Evans Y-7
Adam Sanchez Y-1
Evan Millard Y-8
Richard Carlos Y-1
TRANSFER IN
Aaron Walk – Local 700
In Memoriam
John Coffey Y-7A
November 17, 1953 – October 15, 2023
Richard Geerts Y-8
October 16, 1963 – January 20, 2023