variety.com: Ray Halbritter, Oneida Indian Nation of New York Representative and Nation Enterprises CEO, has been named executive chairman of the Environmental Media Assn.
Ray Halbritter, Oneida Indian Nation of New York Representative and Nation Enterprises CEO, has been named executive chairman of the Environmental Media Assn. Halbritter, who also sits on the board of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, recently launched Standing Arrow Prods. to help increase representation and support of Native American and Indigenous peoples on-screen.
“I am proud and humbled to help guide EMA’s ongoing mission to promote environmental progress,” Harlbritter said in a statement. “America’s First People understand in our souls the pressing urgency of EMA’s struggle and we will always use our voices to help protect the health of our planet.”
EMA CEO Debbie Levin said, “Ray Halbritter is not only a longtime leader in the environmental movement and of course in the Native American community, but he has been my teacher and my dear friend since we met. Having Ray take the role as Chair for our organization is a gift for EMA.”