The following eight members were elected to the WGAW’s Board of Directors: Katherine Fugate (647, 9.1%), John F. Bowman (629, 8.8%), Howard Michael Gould (619, 8.7%), David A. Goodman (552, 7.7%), Karen Harris (544, 7.6%), Mark Gunn (525, 7.4%), Aaron Mendelsohn (498, 7.0%), and Kathy Kiernan (463, 6.5%). Bowman, Goodman, Gunn, Mendelsohn, and Kiernan are incumbents. Board members will serve a two-year term, effective immediately.

Results for the eleven remaining candidates for the Board of Directors were: Kat Smith (458, 6.4%), Ashley Gable (429, 6.0%), Dwayne Johnson-Cochran (372, 5.2%), Luvh Rakhe (274, 3.8%), Timothy J. Lea (259, 3.6%), Howard Kuperberg (179, 2.5%), Tim Day (160, 2.2%), Mick Betancourt (160, 2.2%), Aaron Solomon (146, 2.0%), Bernard Lechowick (135, 1.9%) and Kevin Droney (77, 1.1%).

"Thanks to all the candidates and voters who participated in this election and congratulations to the returning and new members of the board.  It will be the responsibility of this board to help enforce the terms of our new contract and to continue to strengthen our Guild by organizing unrepresented writers and working closely with our sister unions and guilds,” said WGAW President Patric M. Verrone.

A total of 1,235 valid ballots were cast. The ballot count was supervised by Robbin Johnson of Pacific Election Services, Inc., an independent firm.

The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) represents writers in the motion picture, broadcast, cable, and new media industries in both entertainment and news. For more information on the WGAW, please visit: www.wga.org.