Guest Speakers

Monday, July 28

Governor Josh Greene, M.D. is a dedicated husband, father, physician, and the ninth Governor of Hawaiʻi. Click here to read his full bio.

Representative Jill Tokuda represents Hawaiʻi’s Second Congressional District (CD2), which includes suburban and rural parts of Oʻahu, the islands of Hawaiʻi, Kauaʻi, Maui, Lanaʻi, Molokaʻi, Niʻihau, Kahoʻolawe, and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Click here to read her full bio.

Tuesday, July 29

Liz Shuler is president of the AFL-CIO, the democratic federation of 63 national and international unions that represent nearly 15 million working people. Shuler is the first woman leader of America’s labor movement. Click here to read her full bio.

Sean O'Brien is a fourth-generation Teamster and the General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Click here to read his full bio.

Wednesday, July 30

Joseph P. Benincasa is the President and CEO of the Entertainment Community Fund, the national human services organization that helps everyone in entertainment and the performing arts. He joined the Fund in 1989. Click here to read his full bio.

Annette Bening is a Tony Award and four-time Academy Award nominee, and two-time Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award winner. Bening’s extensive film and theatrical career has given her keen insight into the unique needs and challenges members of the entertainment industry face. Click here to read her full bio.

Bea Bruske was re-elected for a second term as President of the Canadian Labour Congress in May of 2023. Bea is a graduate of the University of Manitoba’s Labour Studies program. Click here to read her full bio.

Russell Hollander is the National Executive Director of the Directors Guild of America (DGA), which protects and extends the creative and economic rights of its more than 19,000 members. He also leads the Guild in all its labor negotiations. Click here to read his full bio.

Lesli Linka Glatter is a director of film, network, premium cable, and streaming television drama, and currently serves as the President of the Directors Guild of America. Click here to read her full bio.

Thursday, July 31

Johannes Studinger heads the Media, Entertainment and Arts Sector of UNI Global Union, representing 131 unions and guilds in over seventy countries. Since 2009, he has worked with IATSE and its sister unions to raise standards and enforce rights for workers in the global entertainment industry. Click here to read his full bio.

Tino Gagliardi is International President of the American Federation of Musicians of the US and Canada, elected in 2023. He previously served as president of AFM Local 802 in New York City from 2010 to 2018 and returned in 2022. Click here to read his full bio.

Bruce Raynor has had a 38-year career as one of the most respected labor leaders in America. He served as President of the garment workers union UNITE, and UNITE HERE, the merger between the national garment union and the hotel and casino union. Click here to read his full bio.