Sam Meers
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Sam Meers (BA, LLB, M Litt) is the Executive Director of the Nelson Meers Foundation, an arts foundation established in July 2001 with her father, Nelson Meers, a former Lord Mayor of Sydney.
The Nelson Meers Foundation was the first Prescribed Private Fund to commence operation in Australia, and in May 2005, was the winner of the Goldman Sachs JBWere Artsupport Australia Philanthropy Leadership Award.
Before establishing the Nelson Meers Foundation, Sam practised as a media lawyer in two of Sydney 's leading law firms, and as in-house counsel with Grundy Television. Sam then spent six years as a director with SHOWTIME (a joint venture between Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Studios, Columbia Tri-Star, Paramount Pictures and Liberty Media), during which time she was a founding board member and deputy Chair of the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA), the peak industry body representing the pay television industry in Australia. Sam is a Director of the Documentary Australia Foundation.