PRESIDENTS OF ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION
Francis Wilson	1913 – 1920
John Emerson	1920 – 1928
Ralph Morgan*	6/17–8/12,1924
Frank Gillmore	1928 – 1937
Burgess Meredith*	1937 - 1938
Arthur Byron	1938 – 1940
Bert Lytell	1940 – 1946
Clarence Derwent	1946 – 1952
Ralph Bellamy	1952 – 1964
Frederick O’Neal	1964 – 1973
Theodore Bikel	1973 – 1982
Ellen Burstyn	1982 – 1985
Colleen Dewhurst	1985 – 1991
Ron Silver	1991 – 2000
Patrick Quinn	2000 – 2006
Mark Zimmerman	2006 – 2009
Paige Price*	2009 – 2010
Nick Wyman	2010
*Acting President

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION
Frank Gillmore	1918 – 1928
Paul Dullzell	1928 – 1948
Louis Simon	1949 – 1952
Angus Duncan	1952 – 1972
Edward Weston*	1972 – 1973
Donald Grody	1973 – 1980
Willard Swire*	1980 – 1981
Alan Eisenberg	1981 – 2006
John Connolly	2007 – 2009
Carol Waaser*	2009 – 2010
*Acting Executive Director

Acknowledgements:
Equity News Advisory Committee: Jean-Paul Richard and Christine Toy Johnson (Co-Chairs), Nicole Flender, Bruce Alan Johnson, Tom Murray, Carol Swarbrick. Special thanks to: Helaine Feldman, Anne Fortuno, Andrea Friedman, David Lotz, Nancy McClellan, Dick Moore, Guy Pace, Tim Thayer, Mary Lou Westerfield and Valerie Yaros.

Timeline by Peter Royston