Ursula Lawrence, Lead Strategic Organizer, Writers Guild of America, East

Ursula Lawrence is Lead Strategic Organizer, Writers Guild of America, East. Her primary tasks include expanding the Guild’s membership in independent film and digital media. Prior to working at the WGAE, Lawrence spent three years as a field representative for the Directors Guild of America, where she was responsible for visiting DGA members on the sets of feature films, television shows, broadcast news and commercials. Lawrence graduated from Oberlin College and achieved candidacy for a PhD in Sociology at the University of Michigan, before leaving academia to pursue a career in the entertainment unions.