Kathy Connell

Kathy Connell has produced the Screen Actors Guild Awards® since its inception in 1995, when she led a small group of SAG Board members who devised the plans for a televised awards show based on actors honoring their union peers, including the innovative and distinctive Ensemble categories. Deeply involved with the entertainment industry, Connell is a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Television Academy's Producers Peer Group. She also has been honored to serve on the jury panel for several industry awards, including the Irish Film & Television Academy's Film & Television Awards and the Motion Picture Academy/U.S. China Film and Television Entertainment Industry Expo's Golden Screen Awards. For the union, Connell serves as Executive Producer, Awards and National Programming for SAG-AFTRA. In this role, she serves as liaison to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation and oversees SAG-AFTRA's Special Projects Department, in addition to working on many other SAG-AFTRA initiatives. Her e