Kale is currently serving as part of the AFM Negotiating Committee for the Sound Recording Labor Agreement and the Integrated Media Agreement. He has previously served on the negotiating committee for the Television Motion Picture agreement with AMPTP.

Kale has actively advocated for a focus on organizing, both at the Local level and at the International level. Kale believes that organizing needs to be a primary initiative for the Federation.

Kale serves on the AFM Legislative Committee under the leadership of Ben Kessler, focusing on the initiatives put forward by President Gagliardi like the tax credit program. Our Legislative efforts at the International, National, State, and Local levels are of vital importance to our future.

As the chair of the Freelance Musicians Association Steering Committee, Kale led a group of dedicated Local Officers including Edmund Velasco, Tammy Noreyko, Nate Omdal, and John Shipley in bringing the FMA to the point of recognition by the International Executive Board. The steering committee’s main goal was to create a players conference that was built by rank and file members.

Read the resolution Kale is bringing to the floor of the convention to review and update the technology infrastructure across the entire AFM.

With Kale’s Leadership, the Professional Musicians of California are working with Musicians at Play to develop a statewide mentorship program.

Along with Local 47 President Marc Sazer, Kale represents the AFM at the Entertainment Union Coalition.

The Entertainment Union Coalition (EUC) is a multi-union alliance dedicated to advocating for its members in the entertainment industry on public policy issues in California. The EUC is committed to protecting and advancing the economic livelihoods, health and pension benefits, workplace safety, organizing rights, and creative interests of its members. Its member organizations currently include the California IATSE Council, Directors Guild of America, LiUNA! Local 724, Teamsters Local 399, Writers Guild of America West, American Federation of Musicians Local 47, IBEW Local 40 and SAG-AFTRA, collectively representing over 167,000 members who live and work in California’s entertainment industry.

Kale serves on the Board of the Californians for the Arts and the California Arts Advocates.

California for the Arts (CA for the Arts) champions arts and culture as essential to vibrant California communities through statewide programming, services, and advocacy networks that foster public awareness and generate resources to cultivate an equitable and thriving arts and cultural workforce sector and creative industries.

In 2024, Kale was selected to serve on the Creative Economy Workforce.

Established with the 2023-24 state budget, the CEW is tasked with developing a strategic plan which will conduct a comparative analysis with other jurisdictions, evaluate existing financing models and government initiatives, identify opportunities for educational programs as well as earn and learn job training employment, detail the geographic areas with the least amount of access or opportunity for a creative economy, and analyze existing initiatives and projects, including the role that local governments can play in creating a stronger creative economy.