Kim Roberts Hedgpeth
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Kim Roberts Hedgpeth is the National Executive Director of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
(AFTRA). She is first woman and the first African-American to be named chief executive of a major US media industry labor organization.
She joined the AFTRA staff in 1981 and has served in a number of important executive positions within the union. From 1981-86, she was with the New York Local, first as a contract administrator, then as Assistant Executive Director/House Counsel, and later as the Local's Co-Executive Director. From 1987 to 1992, she served as Executive Director of AFTRA’s San Francisco Local and the Screen Actors Guild
's San Francisco Branch.
Ms. Hedgpeth joined AFTRA's national staff as Assistant National Executive Director, News and Broadcast in 1992, and was appointed by the AFTRA National Board to the post of Associate National Executive Director in 1997. In 2005, she became National Executive Director of AFTRA.
She received her B.A. from Harvard University
and her J.D. from the Georgetown University
Law Center, and is admitted to the California and New York state bars. She has served as Director of Labor and Employee Relations for Harvard University and Vice President of Human Resources of Safe Horizon, the nation's leading crime victims support and advocacy organization. Organizations in which Ms. Hedgpeth has held membership include the New England Human Resources Association, the Massachusetts Governor's African-American Advisory Commission and the San Francisco Mayor's Film Advisory Council. She has also served as Executive Secretary of the Associated Actors and Artistes of America, the umbrella organization for the major performing arts unions in the United States.
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is a performers' union that represents a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, as well as radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists , promo and voice-over announcers and other...
(AFTRA). She is first woman and the first African-American to be named chief executive of a major US media industry labor organization.
She joined the AFTRA staff in 1981 and has served in a number of important executive positions within the union. From 1981-86, she was with the New York Local, first as a contract administrator, then as Assistant Executive Director/House Counsel, and later as the Local's Co-Executive Director. From 1987 to 1992, she served as Executive Director of AFTRA’s San Francisco Local and the Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide...
's San Francisco Branch.
Ms. Hedgpeth joined AFTRA's national staff as Assistant National Executive Director, News and Broadcast in 1992, and was appointed by the AFTRA National Board to the post of Associate National Executive Director in 1997. In 2005, she became National Executive Director of AFTRA.
She received her B.A. from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and her J.D. from the Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
Law Center, and is admitted to the California and New York state bars. She has served as Director of Labor and Employee Relations for Harvard University and Vice President of Human Resources of Safe Horizon, the nation's leading crime victims support and advocacy organization. Organizations in which Ms. Hedgpeth has held membership include the New England Human Resources Association, the Massachusetts Governor's African-American Advisory Commission and the San Francisco Mayor's Film Advisory Council. She has also served as Executive Secretary of the Associated Actors and Artistes of America, the umbrella organization for the major performing arts unions in the United States.