Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI) has appointed Debra Martin Ride, a television and movie producer, to its board of administrators.
Ride will now relief as an self reliant director on the GLPI board, alongside with her appointment effective unswerving away. She will additionally be part of the board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance committee.
Ride is each the founder and CEO of leisure production replace Martin Ride Productions. The corporate has produced several movies, grossing over $500.0m (£400.0m/€466.3m) on the sector voice of work, as properly as a total lot of television sequence.
Amongst the movies produced by Martin Ride Productions is The Princess Diaries, starring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews. The corporate additionally produced television sequence The Equalizer.
Earlier than this, Ride labored as a producer at Brown Dwelling Productions, Whitney Houston’s movie and tv company. She used to be additionally a producer at Mundy Lane Leisure, the tv and movie company founded by Denzel Washington.
Apart from, Ride is a two-time Tony Award winner, Peabody Award winner and three-time Emmy nominee.
Earlier than transferring into the leisure replace, Ride labored as a legal professional across several practices.
GLPI CEO welcomes Ride’s “intensive” skills
Commenting on the appointment, GLPI chairman and CEO Peter Carlino says Ride would possibly be a treasured addition to the board. With Ride joining, the GLPI board now aspects an total of eight administrators.
“I am satisfied to welcome Debra to our board,” Carlino mentioned. “We predict about her intensive leisure replace skills, spectacular neutral background and big board skills across public firms and the arts will relief GLPI properly as we continue to power progress in shareholder value.
“She brings a wealth of records to GLPI. We predict about right here’s a supreme complement to the existing strengths of the board. I am assured that she’s going to relief extend the varied intention of viewpoints that in the slay form our mission.”
Except main Martin Ride Productions, Ride additionally serves on the boards of several diversified businesses. These consist of B&G Meals, Bridge Funding Community Holdings and 2nd Stage Theatre in Manhattan.
