David White JD

David White JD General Information

Biography

Mr. David White serves as Venture Partner at Ulu Ventures. Mr. White served as Senior Advisor at SAG-AFTRA. In this role, he serves as chief executive officer and strategist for the world's largest entertainment union, with approximately 160,000 members worldwide who work in film, television, broadcast news, commercials, music, video games, and emerging media. Prior to rejoining SAG-AFTRA, where he previously served as general counsel from 2002 to 2006, White was managing principal of Los Angeles-based Entertainment Strategies Group LLC, providing consulting services to the entertainment industry. He was a labor and employment attorney at O'Melveny & Myers LLP before joining the executive ranks of SAG-AFTRA. Prior to law school, White was the executive director of an innovative youth services organization, Youth Opportunities Unlimited. A Rhodes Scholar, White is a graduate of Grinnell College, Stanford Law School, and The Queen's College, Oxford University. He serves as a board member of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. He is a former chair of the board and current trustee of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan, former chair and current trustee of the SAG-Producers Pension Plan, former chair of the board of trustees of Grinnell College, and former vice-chair of the Industry Advancement and Cooperative Fund. He is a trustee of the AFTRA Retirement Fund and a board member of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, and The Actors Fund. White serves as a commissioner for the Industry Commission on Eliminating Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality in the Workplace and is a member of both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.