Guild staff
Five new people will join the Society of Motion Picture Editors’ 2025 board of directors, according to results announced Monday.
Of the 8,397 eligible voters, 1,725 votes were cast, for a participation rate of 21%. That’s down from 32% in last year’s election, but still better than the 16% in the 2023 board election.
The board lost two seats (Photo Editor and Eastern Region) as membership dropped to 8,409 from 8,780 last year. There are 54 seats on the board; 13 candidates are running for election this year. (Here is a link to full election results at EditorsGuild.com.)
First-time board members are Leah Gunter, assistant editor; Grace Kline, east region alternate; Sarah C. Reeves, photo editor; Jennifer Vecchiarello, photo editor; and Karol Urban, re-recording/music mixer.
Current assistant editors Halima K. Gilliam and Robert J. Kraut will return. Alyson Dee Moore and Holly Sklar, at large; Carrie Puchkoff, East; and photo editors Maysie Hoy, AJ Catoline and Nancy Morrison.
Seven current board members will step down from the board after many years of service. They are:
Anna Behlmer, Re-recording Mixer: 3 years
Jason Brotman, Assistant Editor: 6 years
Rick Derby, Eastern Region: 15 years
Amy Duddleston, Photo Editor: 6 years
David Rogow, Assistant Editor: 8 years
Alec Styborski, East Region: 2 years
Austin Scott, Photo Editor: 3 years
Molly Shock, Photo Editor: 9 years
In addition, the elections identified qualified representatives to the IATSE and Region 2 Conferences. Once a meeting date is set, the Board of Directors will recommend the number of delegates to be sent to the meeting. In recent years, the board has typically voted for about 30 representatives.
“On behalf of the Board of Elections, I want to thank every member who voted, who encouraged other members to vote, and every candidate who chose to run,” said Elections Chairwoman Molly Shock. “While we have many different ideas about how to move forward and how to apply our energies, our core goal is the same thing: to make our union stronger.”
Here are the voting results by category (winners in bold):
Assistant Editor (3 seats). Total votes
Halima K. Gilliam (Incumbent) 963
Robert J. Kraut (Incumbent) 947
Leah Gunter Chapter 796
Craig Eustis571
Michael Zurer 496
Ordinary member (2 seats available)
Holly Sklar (Incumbent) 1312
Alison Dee Moore (Incumbent) 1301
Eastern Region (1 seat)
Carrying Puchkov (Incumbent) 433
Grace Klein (substitute) 363
Tom Fleischman 320
Ernest Leif Boyd 65
Picture editing (5 seats)
Messi today (Incumbent) 1016
AJ Catolin (Incumbent) 996
Nancy Morrison (Incumbent) 978
Sarah C. Reeves Chapter 717
Jennifer Vecchiarello Chapter 712
Sean Linard 586
Brian Chandler 554
David Ian Salter 358
Justin Burley 332
Sam Seger 197
Re-recording/scoring mixer (1 seat available)
Carol Urban 1360
2025 Election Committee Member
Molly Shock; Chair
Kate Brokaw
Marie Deschambre
Amy Dudleston
Emma Duper
Bill Elias
Matt Klimek
Bill Meadows
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