By Selena Kuznikov
Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and longtime Google executive, dies at age 56
Jody Frisch, a communications executive who worked for decades in Hollywood and Washington, D.C., died Aug. 21 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from pancreatic cancer. She was 68.
Throughout her career, Frisch worked for organizations including the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA. From 2006 through 2009 at the WGA, a period that included the guild’s 100-day strike from late 2007 through mid-February 2008, she was director of public policy and government affairs. She worked for the guild in DC and LA. She later joined SAG-AFTRA in 2015 as a strategic communications and public affairs executive.
Born in Los Angeles, Frisch grew up in the San Fernando Valley and graduated from Birmingham High School in Van Nuys in 1973. She moved to Washington, D.C., where she gained experience understanding the ins and outs of politics and the legislative process. During her long career, Frisch was known for executing media campaigns, crisis and reputation management initiatives, and public policy efforts.
