William R. Hanauer
11 Fairview Place
Ossining, NY 10562
Phone 914 945.0674
Mobile: 914 980.6868
EXPERIENCE,
RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS
As Mayor of the
Village of Ossining, NY – 2007 to present, I am the
official head of a village of 25,000 residents in Westchester County. I preside
at all meetings of the Board of Trustees, which has fiduciary responsibility
and the power and authority to make, publish, alter, modify, amend, and repeals
rules, resolutions, regulations, local laws, and by-laws, and sit ex officio on
all committees of the Board. I chair the Board of Commissioners of Police.
As Trustee of the
Village of Ossining, NY – 2005 to 2006, I was one of five
elected legislators and a Commissioner of Police. Appointed to fill a vacant
seat in March 2005, I was elected to a full term in November. I was Liaison
of the Village Board of Trustees to the following:
·
Comprehensive
Plan Committee
·
Environmental Advisory Council
·
Landlord Tenant Relations Council
·
Hudson River Towns
·
Ossining Heritage Tourism Committee (Chair)
·
Sing Sing Historic Prison
Museum Committee (Chair)
·
GOTV (Greater Ossining Community Access Television)
As Executive
Director of New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences – 2001 to 2005, I
led a twenty-four hundred member association of television and internet
broadcasting professionals of all disciplines in New York State and Northern
New Jersey. Operational
contributions:
·
Administration
o
Create
and implement annual budget, reporting to Executive Committee and Governors.
o
Spearhead
membership drive and fund raising.
o
Represent
Chapter in all transactions with television industry, the
o
Coordinate
all activities of the Officers and Board of Governors and of all committees.
o
Direct
annual Governors and National Trustees elections, creating all printed
material, overseeing ballot counting.
o
Supervise
bookkeeping and annual audit, staff, member-volunteers, and interns.
o
Administer
staff health plan, 401. k. and 403. b.
pension plans.
o
Negotiate
and administer all vendor contracts.
o
Publish
and contribute to the periodic news magazine, Sweeps; supervise and contribute to the website.
·
Production
o
Produce
NY Regional Emmy Award Galas, including fund raising dinners for over 800
participants and fully staged awards ceremonies. Direct celebrity and
politician presenters and speakers; supervise all technical work; coordinate
cablecasting and webcasting; and write scripts.
o
Produce
o
Produce
or supervise production of all membership activities and events.
o
Oversee
Emmy Awards entry and judging process.
·
Education
o
Coordinate
all Activities of Syracuse University Student Division of the Chapter.
o
Address
students at area universities, high schools, and extra-curricular
organizations.
o
Represent
the Chapter on the Steering Committee of the New York State Broadcasters’
Association/New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts &
Sciences/New York Network fellowship.
o
Coordinate
National Student Television Awards for Excellence in over 2100 New York/New
Jersey/Fairfield County, CT region high schools. Present awards at annual
ceremonies.
o
Mentor
student interns.
As Executive Director of the Foundation of NY
NATAS – 2003 to 2005, I administered all activities of small
not-for-profit whose purpose is wholly to provide and support educational
opportunities in the media industry. Operational contributions:
·
Direct
the fund’s scholarship program.
·
Represent
the Foundation in all transactions with educational institutions, donors, and
vendors.
·
Serve
as resource for faculty and students of media studies and liaison between the
educational and professional media communities.
·
Raise
revenue and direct investments of the fund’s assets.
·
Supervise
bookkeeper and annual audit.
·
Coordinate
all activities and meetings and handle all correspondence of Officers and Board
of Directors (separate and distinct from that of the NY NATAS).
As National
Negotiator of American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) – 1999 to 2000,
I negotiated collective bargaining agreements and pursued grievances for the
Guild’s 5000 members throughout the
As six-term elected Business Agent of Motion Picture Editors Local 771 of the International
Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) – 1989 to 1998,
I led the union of film and videotape editors, librarians, and technical
directors with jurisdiction from Maine to the Carolinas. Operational contributions:
·
Chief
negotiator and administrator of all collective bargaining agreements.
·
Represented
the
·
Organized
motion picture editing workers engaged as freelance and employees.
·
Investigated
complaints; pursued grievances, arbitrations, NLRB, and other legal actions.
·
Supervised
the
·
Welfare
Fund Labor Trustee.
·
Pension
Fund Labor Trustee.
·
Negotiated
the merger of Locals 771 and Local 776 to form a national union.
As Special
International Representative of the IATSE
– 1995 to 1996, I organized motion picture
post-production sound recording and editing facilities for three local unions,
and co-chaired the East Coast Council (IATSE production locals and the United
Scenic Artists Local 829 IBPAT), negotiating collective bargaining agreements,
organizing new workers, bringing work to union members, and professional
quality to low-budget productions.
I was also the Council’s Secretary-Treasurer from 1992 to
1998.
As Associate
Business Agent of the Theatrical Wardrobe Union Local 764, IATSE – 1985
to 1989, I organized and negotiated contracts for employees of
motion picture and commercial producers, and of independent and network TV, and
created the Local’s newsletter.
Professional Actor, 1978-1985 (Résumé on request)
Director of Cultural Affairs, Manager of the Theatres, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, The College of Staten Island, CUNY – 1970 to 1978
RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
·
As
a Member of the
Board of Directors of the New York AIDS Film Festival – 2003 to 2005,
I assisted in fund raising for African Action on AIDS, in the production of the
annual Festival, and in stage readings of new scripts.
·
As
Steering
Committeeman of the Annual Hispanic Businessperson’s Summit – 2003
to 2005, I was one of the organization’s liaisons to the
television industry, providing speakers and assisting in the production of the
annual conference.
·
As
Steering
Committeeman of the Center for Advanced Media, Pace University – 2001 to
2005, I participated in development and in the direction of the work
towards the integration of traditional television crafts into Internet II
technology.
·
As
Chairman of
Unions for the Performing Arts – 1987 to 2000, a 21-local
union legislative action coalition, I co-drafted and achieved passage of
amendments to the New York State Labor Laws, led grass roots lobbyists to fight
for NEA, NEH, IMS, NYSCA, and NYCDCA funding, arts education policy and
funding, OSHA funding and enforcement, toxic tort reform, universal health
care, AIDS Research funding, and restrictions on the use of alien temporary
workers. I testified before
legislative committees and Governor’s Task Forces. I organized and chaired annual
legislative conferences.
·
As
1998 Chairman
of NYC Entertainment Industry Occupational Safety and Health Committee,
as Board
Director of Center for Safety in the Arts – 1990 to 1998, and
as Local 771’s Representative to NYCOSH
– 1995 to 1998, I
lobbied for enforcement and educated members; certified in Basic OSHA Training
and the requirements of Hazard Communication Standards.
·
As
Steering
Committeeman of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting
– 1991 to 1993, and Steering Committeeman of Production NY – 1991 to 1994,
the coalition of Business, Labor, and Government, I worked to increase motion
picture production in NY.
·
As
Steering
Committeeman of the NYS Governor’s/NYC Mayor’s Committee for
Positive Action – 1990 to 1994, another Labor, Business,
Government coalition, I developed programs and funding to increase minority
participation in the technical crafts, addressing conferences and university
audiences.
COMMUNITY
ACTIVITIES
As Founding Member of the Board of Directors of the Sing Sing Historic Prison Museum Foundation, I help
to raise private funding for the construction and program of the proposed
museum.
As Associate Member of Independent Hose Firehouse #6,
I play a supporting role in Ossining’s largest volunteer company of
emergency first responders.
As Member of The Rotary Club of
Ossining, with the motto “Service Above Self,” I raise
money for and participate in community-based projects and national emergency
response.
As Member of The Ossining Athletic
Booster Club, I support sports activities of Village students.
As President of The
Sparta Association–1999 to 2004 (Vice President, 1997 to
1999), I led a
large neighborhood association of
historic Ossining, NY to lobby on issues affecting the Village, and the
locale in particular, such as Sparta
Park, traffic, redevelopment of the Arcadian Shopping Center, and
historic preservation.
PROFESSIONAL
LICENSE
New York State Real Estate Salesperson –
2001-2003; 2006 to present.
EDUCATION
Queens
College, CUNY, BA in Communications Arts and Sciences