John McGuire
Senior Advisor
Screen Actors Guild
John McGuire is currently the Guild’s Senior Advisor. He held the position of Associate National Executive Director for SAG from 1983 to 2001. Prior to 1983 he served as the New York Executive Director at the Guild, having started with the union in 1969.
Mr. McGuire graduated from Fordham College with a B.A. degree in History and also from Fordham Law School with a J.D. degree in law.
In addition to assisting in the union’s major contract negotiations, he has represented the union internationally at meetings with performer organizations around the world. He presently holds the following positions in entertainment-related organizations:
Trustee, SAG-Producers Pension & Health Plans
Vice-President and Founding Director of the American Museum of the Moving Image
President, Council of Motion Picture & Television Unions of New York City
Secretary, Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund
Trustee, SAG Foundation
Board Member, Industry Advancement & Cooperative Fund
Vice-President, International Federation of Actors