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National Office - New York                      National Office - Los Angeles
260 Madison Avenue                               5757 Wilshire Boulevard, 9th Fl.
New York NY 10016-2401                       Los Angeles CA 90036-0800
Tel:  212-532-0800                                  Tel:  323-634-8100
Fax: 212-532-2242                                  Fax: 323-634-8194

Executives
Kim Roberts Hedgpeth	National Executive Director (Click here for bio)
Mathis L. Dunn, Jr.	Assistant National Executive Director, Commercials, Non-Broadcast, & Interactive Media
Randall Himes	Assistant National Executive Director, Sound Recordings
Joan Halpern Weise	Assistant National Executive Director, Entertainment Programming
Mary Cavallaro	Assistant National Executive Director, News and Broadcast
National Directors
Thomas Carpenter	Legislative Affairs/General Counsel
Ray Bradford	Equal Employment Opportunities
Megan Capuano	Agent Relations
Philip Denniston	Organizing
John Eilhardt	Finance
Rebecca Faez	Administration
Anthony Papandrea	Technical Systems
Andy Schefman	Research & Contract Administration
Leslie Simmons (Asst. Dir.)	Communications

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Departments	contact	office	telephone	ext.
Administration and Human Resources (Please no membership calls)	Rebecca Faez Roe Badamo	LA NY	323.634.8100 212.532.0800	x4213
Human Resources and Local Administration	Roe Badamo	NY	212.532.0800	x4213
AFTRA Magazine	Leslie Simmons	LA	323.634.8115
Agency	Megan Capuano Connie Lisa	NY NY	212.532.0800 212.532.0800	x4305 x4205
Broadcast Contracts	Mary Cavallaro	NY/PHL	212.532.0800
Broadcast Stations, News, and Radio Programs	Mary Cavallaro	NY/PHL	212.532.0800
Commercials	Mathis L. Dunn, Jr Treslyn Williams Andy Schefman Ralph Braun	LA LA NY NY	323.634.8193 323.634.8163 212.532.0800 212.532.0800	x4212 x4239
Communications	Leslie Simmons Ron Thomas Marina Martinez Lynda Rivers	LA LA LA LA	323.634.8115 323.634.8144 323.634.8161 323.634.8296
Constitutional Questions (Local and National)	Tom Carpenter	NY	212.532.0800	x4304
Conventions	Roe Badamo Sue-Ann Shields	NY	212.532.0800 212.532.0800	x4213 x4301
Copyright and Intellectual Property	Terrie Bjorklund	DC	301.657.2560
Digital Programming	Joan Halpern Weise	LA	323.634.8174
Entertainment Programming - Television	Joan Halpern Weise	LA	323.634.8174
EEO	Ray Bradford	LA	323.634.8298
Finances, Audits and Government Filings	John Eilhardt	LA	323.634.8139
General Contract Information	Andy Schefman James Kroll	NY NY	212.532.0800	x4212 x4201
Governance	Carol Keenan-Kohl	NY	212.532.0800	x4223
Immigration Questions	Steve Zimmerman	LA	323.634.8288
Interactive Media	Mathis L. Dunn, Jr.	LA	323.634.8193
General Counsel Associate General Counsel Assistant General Counsel	Tom Carpenter Terrie Bjorklund Sarah Tarlow	NY DC NY	212-532-0800 301-657-2560 212-532-4230
Legislative Affairs	Tom Carpenter Terrie Bjorklund	NY DC	212.532.0800 301-657-2560
Local Administration	Roe Badamo	NY	212.863.4213
Press Inquiries	Leslie Simmons	LA	323.634.8115
Membership	Betty Gomez Evelyn LaRocca Vince Albrigo	NY Nat'l  LA	212.532.0800 212.532.0800 323.634.8100	x4224 x4285
National Board and Committees	Carol Keenan-Kohl	NY	212.532.0800	x4223
Non-Broadcast/Industrial	Mathis L. Dunn, Jr. Andy Schefman	LA NY	323.634.8193 212.532.0800	x4212
Organizing Director Asst. Dir. Organizing Research National Rep/Organizer National Rep/Organizer Strategic Campaign Coordinator Campaign Research Coordinator	Philip Denniston Joe Barnes Steve Sidawi Wes Jones	NY LA LA LA	212.532.0800 323.634.8103 323.634.8118 323.634.8114	x4221
Public Television	Joan Halpern Weise	LA	323.634.8174
Public Policy	Tom Carpenter	NY	212.532.0800
Radio Programming	Andy Schefman	NY	212.235.0800
Signatory Information Toll Free	James Kroll Lisa Catalanotti	NY NY	212.532.0800 212.532.0800 800.431.7447	x4201 x4202
Sound Recordings	Stefanie Taub Sidney Kibodeaux White Randall Himes Ralph Braun	LA LA NASH NY	323.634.8100 323.634.8100  615.327.2944 212.532.0800
Technical Systems	Anthony Papandrea	NY	212.532.0800	x4215
Television Programming (including Cable and Infomercials)	Joan Halpern Weise	LA	323.634.8174
Theatre Authority-East	Roe Badamo	NY	212.532.0800	x4213
Theatre Authority-West	Roe Badamo	NY	212.532.0800	x4213
Travel, Hotel, and Meeting Information	Sue-Ann Shields	NY	212.532.0800	x4301
Website Editor Asst. Editor	Leslie Simmons Marina Martinez	LA LA	323.634.8115 323.634.8161