Former SAG-AFTRA govt director David White has been named chair of the Federal Reserve Financial institution of San Francisco by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

White, who left SAG-AFTRA in 2021 after 12 years with the union, will work with San Francisco financial institution president Mary Daly and different members of the nine-member board on financial coverage. White may even signify the financial institution on the convention of chairs of Federal Reserve banks to debate points with senior leaders from the Board of Governors and the Federal Reserve System.

The San Francisco Fed is the federal reserve financial institution for the twelfth district in the USA, the nation’s largest by space and inhabitants. White serves on the audit and danger administration committee and the financial institution efficiency and governance committee as properly.

Throughout his time at SAG-AFTRA, White helped full the 2012 merger of the Display screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Televison and Radio Artists, which he cited as some of the vital moments of his tenure. He additionally steered the re-organization of SAG-AFTRA’s native and nationwide governance, creating nationwide and native boards and places of work. Below his management, SAG-AFTRA improved its funds — one thing that helped the union final 12 months because it skilled the longest work stoppage in its historical past.

“Restructuring, reorganizing and rationalizing our operational construction is one thing that I’m tremendously happy with,” White informed Selection in 2021. “It was necessary work that’s not often seen by individuals exterior of our union.”

Along with his work with SAG-AFTRA, White is the founder and CEO of the management improvement agency 3CG Ventures. He additionally serves as an impartial director and compensation committee chair for international consulting agency RGP.

White is a graduate of Stanford Legislation Faculty and was a Rhodes Scholar in 1990.