December 9, 2016
Los Angeles – Directors Guild of America National Executive Director Jay D. Roth today announced that Mayra Ocampo will join the executive staff of the DGA as Assistant Executive Director in the Guild’s Los Angeles headquarters.
“Since joining the DGA, Mayra has helped to grow our organizing and expand our services to address the unique needs of our members working in non-dramatic categories including reality television,” said DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth. “As Assistant Executive Director, she will now build upon those efforts and take on additional duties as part of the DGA's senior management team. We look forward to putting her deep experience and specialized skills to use in the service of our members who work across an array of categories.”
Ocampo joined the DGA in 2014 as a Field Representative, and was promoted to Special Assignments Executive in 2015 where she expanded her work in non-dramatic categories including reality, and assisted in the administration and enforcement of the Guild’s Freelance Live and Tape Television Agreement – in addition to serving as the liaison to the Guild’s Women’s Steering and Asian American Committees. She will continue to report to Associate Western Executive Director Lisa Layer.
Ocampo has more than two decades of labor union and membership organization experience. Prior to joining the DGA, Ocampo was the Director of Government Affairs at the Nevada Local of the Service Employees International Union. She has also worked in various national and regional organizing roles for the AFL-CIO, United American Nurses, and the Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union.