Hayma "Screech" Washington

Hayma "Screech" Washington

November 17, 2016
Academy News

Academy Elects Hayma "Screech" Washington Chairman and CEO, Announces New Governors

The Television Academy announced today that its Board of Governors has elected Hayma "Screech" Washington as its new Chairman and CEO. Washington was elected to a two-year term beginning January 1, 2017, and succeeds Bruce Rosenblum who has served since January 2012.

The Academy also announced its newly-elected officers and governors serving on the Board for the 2017–2018 term.

Emmy Award winner Washington, the Academy's first African-American chairman and CEO, is a seasoned television executive who currently produces and directs under his own production company banner, Screechers Pix. Washington previously served as executive producer of The Amazing Race, for which he earned seven Emmy Awards and a Producers Guild Award.

Before that he was at Walt Disney Studios for 10 years as vice president for two production divisions.

His career has also included working in live sports; on awards shows, including the MTV Video Music Awards, the ESPY Awards and the Primetime Emmy Awards; music; comedy; drama; talk; independent films; and short-form digital content.

Washington has served two terms as governor for the Producers peer group, as well as co-chair of the Television Academy's Diversity committee and on the Daytime, Primetime and Creative Arts Emmy Awards committees. In addition, he has served two terms as vice president of television for the Producers Guild of America where he is currently a member of the National Board of Directors.

"I am honored to have been selected to lead the Academy and look forward to serving our membership alongside the governors, executive committee, Foundation and staff," said Washington. "This is a time of considerable change for our industry and I am deeply committed to ensuring that the Academy is at the forefront as we move towards a more inclusive future."

The incoming officers who will serve a two-year term beginning January 1, 2017 and running through December 31, 2018 are:


Similarly, the Academy's new governors will serve a two-year term through 2018; they are listed by peer group below, along with their co-governors who continue to serve a two-year term ending December 31, 2017.


 

Peer Group Newly Elected
2017-2018
(Serving through 12/31/18)
Returning
2016-2017
(Serving through 12/31/17)
ANIMATION Janet Dimon Jill Daniels
ART DIRECTORS/SET DECORATORS James Pearse Connelly Barbara Cassel
CASTING DIRECTORS Howard Meltzer, CSA Peter Golden, CSA
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING Daniel O. Evans Ted Biaselli, Jr.
CINEMATOGRAPHERS Gary Baum Lowell Peterson, ASC
COMMERCIALS Ann Leslie Uzdavinis Brian O'Rourke
COSTUME DESIGN & SUPERVISION Sue Bub Terry Ann Gordon
DAYTIME PROGRAMMING Eva Basler Demirjian Steven Kent
DIRECTORS Mark Cendrowski Gail Mancuso
DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMMING Lois Vossen Shari Cookson
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTION John O'Brien Kieran Healy
INTERACTIVE MEDIA Marc Johnson Seth Shapiro
LOS ANGELES AREA Paul Button Beatriz Gomez
MAKEUP ARTISTS/HAIRSTYLISTS Monte C. Haught Norman T. Leavitt
MOTION & TITLE DESIGN Eric Anderson Lynda Kahn
MUSIC Rickey Minor Michael A. Levine
PERFORMERS Patrika Darbo Lily Tomlin
PICTURE EDITORS Michael Ruscio, ACE Stuart Bass, ACE
PRODUCERS Tim Gibbons Hayma Washington
PRODUCTION EXECUTIVES Tammy Glover Tony Carey
PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES Elizabeth York Janet Carol Norton
PUBLIC RELATIONS Nicole Marostica Tammy Golihew
REALITY PROGRAMMING Bob Boden Philip D. Segal
SOUND Steve Venezia, CAS Frank Morrone, CAS
SOUND EDITORS Eileen Horta Edward Fassl
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS Erik Henry Mark Scott Spatny
STUNTS Thom Williams Dorenda Moore
TELEVISION EXECUTIVES Tana Nugent Jamieson Sam Linsky
WRITERS Regina Y. Hicks Terence Winter

 


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