EMMY VOTING - Key Persons


Adam Horowitz

Job Titles:
  • Co - Executive Producer / Lost
  • Executive Producer / Lost

Adrienne Faillace

Job Titles:
  • Producer, the Interviews

Alex Levy

Job Titles:
  • Music Editor

Ali Brown

Ali Brown, Kerstin Emhoff, and Television Academy Governor Ann Leslie Uzdavinis attend the 73rd Emmy Awards Nominee Celebration honoring this year's nominees for Outstanding Interactive Media, Commercials and Motion & Title Design at the Television Academy on Thursday, September 9, 2021 in North Hollywood, California.

Allison Binder

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the MEMBERSHIP Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Partner
  • Secretary
  • Partner of Goodman, Genow
  • Television Academy Chairman and CEO
Allison Binder is a partner of Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher, LLP, a transactional entertainment law firm in Beverly Hills which specializes in representing actors, writers, directors, personalities, producers, authors and production entities in all aspects of the entertainment industry. In addition to her representation of individual and corporate clients, her practice also includes the representation of international creators, broadcasters and distributors in the sale of foreign television formats in the United States and abroad. She received her B.A. from Cornell University and her J.D. from Stanford University. Allison Binder is a partner of Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher, LLP, a transactional entertainment law firm in Beverly Hills which specializes in representing actors, writers, directors, personalities, producers, authors and production entities in all aspects of the entertainment industry. In addition to her representation of individual and corporate clients, her practice also includes the representation of international creators, broadcasters and distributors in the sale of foreign television formats in the United States and abroad. She received her B.A. from Cornell University and her J.D. from Stanford University.

Amani Roland

Job Titles:
  • Chief Advancement Officer

Ana Criado

Job Titles:
  • Creative Director
Ana Criado is an Emmy-nominated creative director who has collaborated with most of the major studios in Hollywood, developing main title sequences for film and television. Born and raised in Valencia, Spain, she moved to Los Angeles in 2011, where she began her career as a main title sequence and motion designer. Ana Criado is an Emmy-nominated creative director who has collaborated with most of the major studios in Hollywood, developing main title sequences for film and television. Born and raised in Valencia, Spain, she moved to Los Angeles in 2011, where she began her career as a main title sequence and motion designer. Her designs have been included in numerous title sequences for films and television shows, including Star Trek: Discovery, Antlers, Star Trek Picard, American Horror Story, Godzilla, The Purge, Sully, Only the Brave, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Pixels, and Public Morals, and in motion graphics for clients such as Nike, T-Mobile, Casamigos, as well as the 89th Academy Awards, and the 16th Visual Effects Society Awards. She has collaborated with Prologue Pictures, Imaginary Forces, Elastic, Logan, MPC, Prodigal Pictures, Los York, Plains of Yonder, Kill 2 Birds, Buck, State, and The Mill, among others.

Angela Young

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Development and Stewardship

Ann Leslie Uzdavinis - Chairman, Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Treasurer
  • Member of the Producers Guild of America
  • Television Academy Governor
  • Treasurer, Television Academy
Ann Leslie Uzdavinis has worked in entertainment and television production for more than 25 years. Her career spans from sports and news to scripted and documentaries and has garnered an array of awards from festivals and award shows for her work as a writer, editor, director and producer. Ann Leslie Uzdavinis has worked in entertainment and television production for more than 25 years. Her career spans from sports and news to scripted and documentaries and has garnered an array of awards from festivals and award shows for her work as a writer, editor, director and producer. Most recently she has focused on producing branded content and commercials across a variety of global media platforms. Her responsibilities include: building production and creative teams, finding innovative solutions for projects large and small. She is passionate about storytelling, collaboration and giving back and has a focus on content that is accessible and has social impact. Ann Leslie is an active member of the Producers Guild of America, Women In Film and Film Independent. She is proud to be serving her Peer Group as a Governor for her fifth year.

Azra Variscic

Job Titles:
  • Development Manager

Barb Held

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Vice President, Event Production

Barry Zegel

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair
  • Engineering Emmy Awards Committee Chair, Speaks at the 2018 Engineering Emmy Awards
  • Science & Technology
Barry Zegel's career with CBS has spanned 45 years, most recently serving as SVP & GM of Television City. Developing TV production technologies to help the story telling process has been his passion throughout his career. He began his career as an engineer at CBS and held several positions within CBS Engineering including heading technology development. Barry moved to the operations side working on network operations, with CBS News, and CBS Sports. He worked on three Winter Olympic Games and served as Director of Olympic Operations for CBS' coverage of the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Barry Zegel's career with CBS has spanned 45 years, most recently serving as SVP & GM of Television City. Developing TV production technologies to help the story telling process has been his passion throughout his career. He began his career as an engineer at CBS and held several positions within CBS Engineering including heading technology development. Barry moved to the operations side working on network operations, with CBS News, and CBS Sports. He worked on three Winter Olympic Games and served as Director of Olympic Operations for CBS' coverage of the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. He then transferred to CBS Television City as Director of Operations and Engineering and ultimately SVP & General Manager for 13 years. Barry's involvement with technology has included 25 trips to Japan to help develop new productions tools and has served as a rapporteur for the United Nations International Telecommunications Union in Geneva for the development of International Production Standards. As an advocate for new technologies Barry has given speeches throughout the world including: Tokyo, Glasgow, Berlin, Toronto, and Oslo. Barry has received two Emmy awards, is a Fellow in the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and was awarded a Doctorate Degree in Mass Communications from the University of South Carolina. He has served on the Academy's Engineering Emmy Awards committee for over 20 years and was Chair of the Committee for 4 years. He is the founder of the Academy's newly formed Science and Technology peer group. Barry currently is consulting and teaching about TV production and systems design.

Billie Greer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Secretary
  • President of the Southern California Leadership Council
  • Trustee of the Lowe Institute of Political Economy
Active in the community, Billie is a trustee of the Lowe Institute of Political Economy at Claremont-McKenna College, serves on the executive committee of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation and as a board member of the Downtown Women's Center and PUENTE Learning Center. She has served on of the board of directors of several organizations including the CORO Foundation, VICA, and the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, among others.

Bob Bergen

Job Titles:
  • Academy Governor
  • Co - Vice Chair
  • Member of the Television Academy
  • Performers Peer Group Governor
  • Television Academy Chairman and CEO
  • Television Academy Governor
Bergen has been an active member of the Television Academy since 1994, serving on the Performers Peer Group Executive Committee, Daytime Committee, Executive Committee (four years), Television Academy Honors Committee, Governors Award Committee (Chair), Governors Ball Committee, Diversity Committee, Creative Arts Prime Time Emmy Committee (Vice Chair and co-Executive Producer), and Membership Committee. Over the years, he's served as co-host and announcer for the Creative Arts Daytime Emmy Awards. Television Academy Governor Bob Bergen, James Pearce Connelly, Television Academy President and COO Maury McIntyre, Frank Scherma, and Mitch Waldow attend the Television Academy's 2018 Performers Peer Group Celebration of the 70th Emmy Awards at NeueHouse Hollywood on Monday, August 20, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. Television Performers Peer Group governor Bob Bergen introduces the nominees for the 67th Emmy Awards in attendance at the Performers Peer Group Celebration August 24 at the Montage in Beverly Hills, California. Academy Governor Bob Bergen, left, and nominee Allison Tolman attend the Television Academy's 66th Emmy Awards Performance Nominee Reception at the Pacific Design Center on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Phil McCarten/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)

Brenda Brkusic Milinkovic

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair

Bryan Leder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Vice Chair
  • Professional Representatives
  • Television Academy Governor

Channing Dungey

Job Titles:
  • Chairman 's Appointee

Charlie McBrearty

Job Titles:
  • Founder of Shortlist Management
McBrearty has served on the PGEC for four years and is excited to bring his brand of enthusiasm and dedication to the role of Governor. He is also a dedicated member of the AICP (Association of Independent Commercial Producers) and is the first talent rep to be invited to the Curatorial Committee which chooses the best work for the AICP Show and archived into the MoMA.

Christian Antolin

Job Titles:
  • Ana Criado

Christopher Reeves

Job Titles:
  • Television Academy Governor

Cindy Holland

Job Titles:
  • Television Executive

Cris Abrego

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Chairman / Chairman of the Americas, Banijay, and President and CEO, Endemol Shine Holdings
  • Chairman, Television Academy Foundation

Daniel H. Birman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee

David Jimenez

Job Titles:
  • Education Coordinator

David Wooldridge

Job Titles:
  • Television Academy Foundation Chair

Dawn DuMont Perdew

Job Titles:
  • Founder and President, the DuMont Project

Dawn Olmstead

Job Titles:
  • Chairman 's Appointee

Dawn Taylor

Job Titles:
  • AUDIT & FINANCE

Deborah Bradley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Treasurer / President, Bungalo Homes

Debra Curtis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Co - Vice Chair
  • Television Executives

Diane Robina

Job Titles:
  • SVP, Programming and Operations, Fuse

Dick Askin - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Director
  • President and CEO, Askin & Company

Ed Fassl - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Ed Romano

Job Titles:
  • INVESTMENT

Estarlyn Hiraldo

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Frank Scherma - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman and CEO, Television Academy

George Cheeks

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Chairman 's Appointee

Gloria Calderón Kellett

Job Titles:
  • Chairman 's Appointee

Halina Siwolop

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair

Heather Cochran

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Chief Financial Officer and EVP of Business Operations

Ivana Kirkbride

Job Titles:
  • Global Director of Content Strategy and Programming, Facebook

Jamila Hunter

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President of Programming and Development at Freeform

Jane Sparango


Jason Sywak

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Manager

Jeff Russo

Job Titles:
  • Music

Jenna Hymes

Job Titles:
  • Senior Digital Archivist

Jenni Matz

Job Titles:
  • Director, the Interviews

Jill Dickerson

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Jill Sanford - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Jim Yeager - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Jo DiSante

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair

Jodi Delaney

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Executive Director
  • Executive Director, Television Academy Foundation

John Leverence

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair

Jonathan Murray

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Vice Chair / Co - Founder, Bunim / Murray Productions

Jossel Franco

Job Titles:
  • Digital Archivist, the Interviews

Juan Morales

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Vice President, Content

Judalina Neira

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair

Julie Shore

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Vice President, Awards and Member Services

Keiren Fisher

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair
  • Production Executives

Kim Taylor-Coleman

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Co - Vice Chair / COUNCIL of FORMER CHAIRS

Laurel Whitcomb - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Vice President, Marketing

Leo Chaloukian

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Chairman / CEO, Kimdale Enterprises

Leonard H. Goldenson

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Chairman ( in Memoriam )

Loreen Arbus

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, the Loreen Arbus Foundation

Lugo Leigh

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair
  • Executive Producer
  • Television Executive
Christie Lyn Lugo Leigh is a motivated television executive with more than three decades of experience in live television production. She currently serves as Executive Producer and Production Manager at KTLA, Channel 5, in Hollywood. Christie Lyn Lugo Leigh is a motivated television executive with more than three decades of experience in live television production. She currently serves as Executive Producer and Production Manager at KTLA, Channel 5, in Hollywood. Lugo Leigh has produced many live special events and sports telecasts, including Los Angeles Kings Hockey, Clippers Basketball, Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball, California Angels Baseball, pre-season football and numerous additional sports projects. She has lent her expertise to countless Red Carpet events and specials, such as Live from the Grove, The Hollywood Christmas Parade and KTLA's award-winning Rose Parade. Throughout her career, Lugo Leigh has received 36 Emmy nominations and has garnered 10 of the coveted awards. She is also the recipient of 8 MDA Broadcast Journalism Gold Awards, 5 Telly Awards and a Los Angeles Press Club Journalism Award. Lugo Leigh currently serves as Executive Producer on KTLA's Rose Parade Franchise: Rose Parade Uncovered, Backstage at the Parade, Parade Countdown and the internationally-syndicated Rose Parade presented by Honda. She also manages 200 union and non-union employees, oversees KTLA's production facilities for all KTLA on-air television and is co-lead on all lease and strategic station planning.

Madeline Di Nonno

Job Titles:
  • Chairman Emeritus / Chief Executive Officer, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

Margaret Loesch

Job Titles:
  • Executive Chairman, Kartoon Channel

Maria Grigorian


Marta Cunningham

Job Titles:
  • Am Not Your Negress

Maury McIntyre - COO, President

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Executive
  • President
  • Television Academy President and COO

Melissa Mazin

Melissa Mazin, Craig Mazin, Allison Binder, and Television Academy Chairman and CEO Frank Scherma at the 2019 Writers Nominee Reception on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at the Television Academy in North Hollywood, California.

Michael Spiller

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair

Michael Wright

Job Titles:
  • President, EPIX

Miracle McClain

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Programs

Monte Haught

Job Titles:
  • Television Academy Governor

Nancy Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Director, Education Programs

Nikki Kaffee

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Education Programs

Nne Ebong

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Vice President, Overall Deals and Series at Netflix

Patrika Darbo

Job Titles:
  • Television Academy Governor

Peer Groups

Job Titles:
  • Professionals in the Television Industry

Renée Villafan - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Rich Carter

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair

Rick Rosen - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Rickey Minor

Job Titles:
  • Second Vice Chair
  • Vice Chair of the Executive Committee
  • Music Director, Music Composer

Rob Swartz

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair

Robert Cook

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Head of Distribution, Fox First Run

Rose Einstein


Sal Maniaci

Job Titles:
  • Production Executive

Sam Linsky - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Scott Boyd

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair of the MEMBERSHIP Committee

Sean Perry

Job Titles:
  • Partner, WME

Shannon Buck

Job Titles:
  • Public Relations

Sharon Lieblein

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Television Academy Secretary

Sherri Chung

Job Titles:
  • Music

Stephanie Hampton

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair

Steve Spignese - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Vice Chair
  • Public Relations

Steve Venezia - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Stuart Bass

Job Titles:
  • Television Academy Governor

Susan Spencer

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • CMO, SVP, Media & Brand Management

Suzanne de Passe

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Co - Chair, De Passe Jones Entertainment

Ted Chervin

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Partner, ICM Partners

Thomas W. Sarnoff

Job Titles:
  • Founding Chair Emeritus / President, Sarnoff Entertainment Corporation

Tina Perry

Job Titles:
  • President, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

Tony Carey

Job Titles:
  • Television Academy Governor

Tony Hale

Job Titles:
  • Veep and Television Academy Governor Bob Bergen ( R ) Attend the Performers Nominee Reception

Troy Underwood

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair

Vernon Sanders

Job Titles:
  • Chairman 's Appointee

Warner Bros - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
As Chairman, Warner Bros. Television Group, Channing Dungey has creative responsibility for all of Warner Bros.' television production activities, including production of scripted and unscripted/alternative series for on-demand/streaming platforms, premium/pay and basic cable channels, and the broadcast networks. She oversees Warner Bros. Television, the studio's flagship television production unit for live-action scripted programming, as well as Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, which produces unscripted and alternative programming through its three production units: Warner Horizon Unscripted Television, Telepictures and Shed Media.

Wendy Aylsworth

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair
  • Science & Technology

Zack Van Amburg

Job Titles:
  • Chairman 's Appointee