FSC Elections Open for 2022-23 Board of Directors
The Free Speech Coalition 2022-23 Board of Directors election opens on December 6 for available Board seats. Each elected member will serve a two year term. This year there are four Board seats available. The candidates for those seats include the four incumbent Board Directors and two member-nominated candidates. You may vote for four candidates. The voting period is December 6-13.
All FSC members in good standing will receive an email with a unique voting link. It is important that as many members as possible participate in each election. If you don't plan to vote, please click on the voting link in the email and choose "Abstain."
Four current board members are running for re-election, including:
Lucy Hart
Scott Watkins
Cathy Beardsley
Jeffrey Douglas
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Lucy Hart (Incumbent)
Lucy Hart (previously Lance Hart) has served diligently on the Board of the Free Speech Coalition for two years, and the new Board of PASS as well. She has lived and worked in the cross section of content creation, performing, content distribution and activism for Gay, Straight, Fetish, Trans, and BDSM porn for over 14 years thus bringing real life experience from all of these segments to the FSC Board of Directors.
Cathy Beardsley (Incumbent)
Cathy Beardsley helps people and businesses navigate high-risk payments, fraud mitigation, and subscription-based billing.
As President and CEO at Segpay she oversees the entire Segpay team as well as monitoring the latest payment industry challenges and changes to help clients find the best payment solutions for their business.
For Cathy, helping clients grow their revenue while maintaining their compliance is the most reward part of the role.
Cathy is also a board member of the Free Speech Coalition.
Outside of the office, Cathy enjoys travel, live music, and spending time with her family.
Scott Watkins (Incumbent)
Scott Watkins has served on the FSC Board since 2017 and is the current Vice President. Scott brings invaluable knowledge of the sexual wellness products business to the Board. He has been instrumental in working on new way to serve the products side of the business that will launch in 2022.
Under Scott’s leadership as VP of Sales and Marketing for Doc Johnson, the company has further strengthened its position as the world’s market leader for American made pleasure products. Scott previously held the position of Vice President of Sales at Trigg Laboratories, a market leader in the personal lubricant category. He has over 15 years of hands-on sales, business development, and management experience.
Jeffrey Douglas (Incumbent)
I am a Santa Monica criminal defense lawyer, representing all segments of the adult entertainment industry since 1982. It has been a great honor to chair the FSC Board of Directors since 1995. FSC has had many extraordinary accomplishments over the last few years, especially during the pandemic.
I am committed to improving the quality of life for the people creating and selling adult entertainment and sexual wellness products. I look forward to working closely with our Federal lobbyists, our expanding group of dedicated committee volunteers, our remarkable staff and committed Board of Directors to improve both work and sales environment, and resist government intrusion. I am passionate about FSC, and hope to continue to serve.
Cherie DeVille
Cherie DeVille has worked in sex work for over a decade. As one of the adult industry's most successful performers, she has won multiple AVN and XBIZ Awards and has performed in over a thousand films for Brazzers, Adultime, Evil Angel, Penthouse, and other top companies. In more recent years, she has become a thought leader in the sex worker space, writing a political and sex worker column for the Daily Beast. She is a licensed physical therapist and holds degrees from the University of Hartford and the University of Saint Augustine. She lives in Los Angeles with her boyfriend and dogs.
Alana Evans
Fighting for our rights, our jobs, and our industry is what drives me every day! My name is Alana Evans and I am a performer, an advocate, and President of the performer union, APAG. As a performer, I have worked in the adult industry for twenty-three years. For the last six years, I have dedicated my heart and soul to organizing, advocating, listening, and learning. As a member of our community and an advocate for performers, I am running for the board of the Free Speech Coalition to help bring performer’s voices to FSC. I have been working diligently as a part of FSC’s legislative committee for nearly a year, sharing my insight and ideas to help fight the war waged against our industry. If elected to FSC’s group of esteemed board members, I hope to offer the voice of performers through my service.