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Veteran agent Dana Sims is joining Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in the Motion Picture Talent department effective July 1, the agency announced on Thursday.

Previously, Sims spent 11 years at ICM. She will be based in the Los Angeles office of CAA.

Sims brings clients to CAA that include Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Pearl Thusi, Alyssa Goss, and Dean Jagger. Others will be announced soon.

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Earlier this month, CAA appointed Lisa Joseph Metelus to its board, the agency’s new leadership structure, formed in January underscoring the company’s continued growth and next-generation strategy.

Others on the board include Risa Gertner, Michael Levine, Emma Banks, Joe Cohen, Maha Dakhil, Paul Danforth, Michelle Kydd Lee, Joel Lubin, Sonya Rosenfeld, Rick Roskin, and Tiffany Ward, who collectively oversee the day-to-day management of the agency.

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During a time where people of color — specifically Black people — and members of marginalized communities are being treated with injustice, CAA is looking to push the needle with new efforts that aim to foster the agency’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.

CAA has taken action and appointed Lisa Joseph Metelus to the CAA Board, the agency’s new leadership structure, formed in January and underscoring the company’s continued growth and next-generation strategy. CAA employees worldwide will also participate in “Blackout Tuesday” on June 2 which marks a day of reflection, disconnecting from work, to provoke accountability, change, and meaningful action. Finally, the agency is set to host its fourth annual Amplify conference, convening diverse leading artists and executives from the most impactful organizations in entertainment, sports, media, brands, technology, and social justice to accelerate the growth, value, and visibility of diversity in business.

“The events over the past couple...

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has hired Ryan Tracey as an agent in the television department, Variety has learned exclusively.

Tracey comes to CAA from UTA, where he had most recently served as head of TV Production. He has represented an numerous television producers during his career, including Aida Rodgers, Kathy Ciric, Anna Dokoza, Ellen Kuras, Mark Winemaker, Joe Incaprera, Paul Garnes, Patrick Markey, Jill Footlick, Julie Herrin, and Sarah Caplan. Tracey began his career in the mailroom at UTA in 2003. He served a brief stint at Paramount Vantage, before returning to UTA in 2008.

In his new role, he will be based out of CAA’s Los Angeles office.

News of the hire comes a day after CAA announced that the agency is establishing a board to manage its daily operations. The CAA Board will consist of eleven members: Risa Gertner, Michael Levine, Emma Banks, Joe Cohen, Maha Dakhil, Paul Danforth,...

Creative Artists Agency will replace its management structure with a new 11-member group called the CAA Board, it announced on Tuesday. The CAA Board will oversee the day-to-day management of the global talent agency.

The board’s members consist of leadership members in multiple CAA divisions, all of whom will continue in their previous roles while serving on the board. The members are Michael Levine and Paul Danforth from CAA Sports, Maha Dakhil and Joel Lubin from the Motion Pictures division, Emma Banks and Rick Roskin from the Music division, Joe Cohen and Tiffany Ward from the Television division, and the agency’s Chief Innovation Officer Michelle Kydd Lee.

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The board will report to CAA co-chairmen Richard Lovett, Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane and oversee several ventures including CAA Sports, CAA China, and the agency’s investment bank Evolution Media Capital.

CAA said Tuesday that it has created a new management structure for the agency by creating the CAA Board, an 11-member group that will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the agency.

The new board is comprised of Risa Gertner, Michael Levine, Emma Banks, Joe Cohen, Maha Dakhil, Paul Danforth, Michelle Kydd Lee, Joel Lubin, Sonya Rosenfeld, Rick Roskin and Tiffany Ward. All will continue with their existing leadership roles at the agency across its many divisions.

Levine and Danforth hail from CAA Sports; Gertner, Dakhil and Joel Lubin from the Motion Pictures division; Banks and Roskin from Music; and Rosenfeld, Cohen and Ward from TV. Lee is CAA’s chief innovation officer.

Previously, a group of agents and executives oversaw the agency. Some remain on the new board, which will report to CAA co-chairmen Richard Lovett, Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane. All three have long-term deals, which gives the new structure stability.

CAA has established a new internal board, the CAA Board, which will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the agency and is meant to guide its growth and new strategy. 

The board will be comprised of representatives from across the agency's divisions, including sports, music, motion pictures, television, brand consulting, and diversity and inclusion. The CAA Board was chosen based on a diversity of department and geographic locations.

The members, who will continue to serve in their existing leadership positions within the agency, are Risa Gertner, Michael Levine, Emma Banks, Joe Cohen, Maha Dakhil, Paul Danforth, Michelle ...

CAA has established a new internal board, the CAA Board, which will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the agency and is meant to guide its growth and new strategy. 

The board will be comprised of representatives from across the agency's divisions, including sports, music, motion pictures, television, brand consulting, and diversity and inclusion. The CAA Board was chosen based on a diversity of department and geographic locations.

The members, who will continue to serve in their existing leadership positions within the agency, are Risa Gertner, Michael Levine, Emma Banks, Joe Cohen, Maha Dakhil, Paul Danforth, Michelle ...

Emma Banks, the CAA executive whose clients include Katy Perry, Arcade Fire, Lorde and Florence + The Machine, will be awarded with the 2018 Music Industry Trusts Award to honor her more than 25-year career in the music business.

Banks, who is co-head of CAA London, also represents Kylie Minogue, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Muse, Haim and Paramore, and is the chair of Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef committee. She will receive the award at the Nov. 5 ceremony held in London.

She follows previous recipients Sir George Martin, Sir Elton John, Sir Lucian Grainge Cbe, Michael Eavis Cbe, Simon Cowell, Sony Music CEO Rob Stringer and Annie Lennox OBE, among others. The gala ceremony benefits U.K.-based charities the Brit Trust and Nordoff Robbins.

Said Banks: “I am overwhelmed at being honored at the Mits this year. I am rarely lost for words but when David Munns rang me...

Kanye West has returned to CAA for worldwide representation after departing the agency for UTA in March 2015, Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter have confirmed. Although he played a handful of festival dates in the past year, his last tour was 2013-14's Yeezus Tour. This February the rapper released his latest studio album, The Life of Pablo, as well as Season 3 of his Yeezy fashion line. West's new team at CAA comprises managing partner and music head Rob Light, Darryl Eaton, Emma Banks, Marlene Tsuchii and Jenna Adler. He was previously repped at CAA by veteran agent Cara

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