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Executive Board & Trustees 2023-2025

Any concerns, questions, ideas or expressed interests directed to the Executive Board and Trustees will be emailed to Secretary Rossner at recordingsecretary@local161.org.

APRIL TAFOYA

PRESIDENT
Accountant
New York

president@local161.org

MOLLY MERRELL

VICE PRESIDENT
Coordinator
North Carolina

vicepresident@local161.org

ALYSSE ROSSNER

RECORDING SECRETARY
Accountant
New York

recordingsecretary@local161.org

LARA DeLEO

TREASURER
Accountant
New York

treasurer@local161.org

TAMEKA HOWE

ASSISTANT TREASURER
Accountant
New York

assistanttreasurer@local161.org

JENNY GATES

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS
Accountant
New York

AMANDA LYNCH

TRUSTEE
Audit Compliance Officer
Georgia

JEN COX

TRUSTEE
Accountant
New York

CONNIE MANGILIN

TRUSTEE
Accountant
Michigan

ALISON CAMPO

Accountant
New Jersey

DANIEL GAY

Coordinator
New York

ALEXANDER HILL

Script Supervisor
Louisiana

DIANE HOUNSELL

Script Supervisor
New York

TONY PETTINE

Script Supervisor
New York

ILENE PICKUS

Script Supervisor
Florida

HANNAH ROBLE

Coordinator
Massachusetts

ELIZABETH STERN

Script Supervisor
New York

JENNIFER WILBERT

Accountant
Alabama

SHARON WATT

Script Supervisor
New York

Delegates 2023-2025

Nomination and election of delegates can be found in the Local 161 Constitution and Bylaws: Article Five, Section 1, “Delegates to the International Convention.” Delegates are elected to attend the IATSE Quadrennial, but they also attend District Conventions.

Local 161 can send one (1) delegate for the charter and one (1) additional delegate for one hundred (100) members, or major portion thereof.

The President, Vice President and Treasurer are automatically delegates by virture of office.

APRIL TAFOYA
MOLLY MERRELL
LARA DeLEO

Remaining delegates are elected by the membership and were elected in 2022. The final delegates list is determined by the active members averaged across the 16 quarterly reports between Q2 2021 and Q1 2025.

LAURA FEARON
JENNY GATES
SHARON WATT
AMANDA LYNCH
ALYSSE ROSSNER
JILL REURS
ED GATELY
JENNIFER WILBERT
ALEXANDER HILL
ALISON CAMPO
DANIEL GAY