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five set final against Nadal. Federer continued his resurgent play at that year’s Wimbledon where he did not lose a single set during the tournament and won a record-breaking eighthWimbledon title. Federer’s hot streak continued into 2018 when he won his sixth careerAustralian Open singles title. With the victory, Federer set a record for most Grand Slam men’ssingles titles that mark was later matched by Nadal and Djokovic, and in 2022 Nadalbecame the first to surpass it. Federer reached the semifinals at the 2019 French Open andadvanced to the final at that year’s Wimbledon, where he lost an epic 4-hour 57 minute match the longest final match in Wimbledon history to Djokovic.After losing in the semifinals at the 2020 Australian Open, Federer had two knee surgeries thatcaused him to miss the rest of the season. Although he returned in 2021, his play was limited.However, he did compete at Wimbledon, where he lost in straight sets in the quarterfinals. Thatproved to be his last Grand Slam event. Federer was again sidelined by knee problems, and inSeptember 2022 he announced that he would be retiring after the Laver Cup. Later that monthhe played in his final competitive match, a doubles event in which he paired with Nadal theylost.In addition to tennis, Federer was involved in various philanthropic causes with a particularinterest in South Africa, his mother’s home country. In 2003 he established the Roger FedererFoundation, which sought to help underprivileged children in Switzerland and southern Africa,primarily through educational .Thomas Golubic is a Los Angeles-based Emmy-nominated musicsupervisor, Grammy-nominated record producer, and DJ His music supervision credits includethe series Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, Halt and Catch Fire, theHBO series Six Feet Under, Netflix series Grace Frankie and Love, the Amazon seriesSneaky Pete and the Showtime series Ray Donovan, among many other film televisionprojects. In 2017, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding MusicSupervision in Season 3 of Better Call Saul. Since 2017, Thomas has served as President ofthe Guild of Music Supervisors, and is a founding member of the organization. The Guild twiceawarded Thomas with “Best Music Supervision in a Television Drama” for his work on BreakingBad.He was twice nominated for a Grammy awards for producing volumes one and two of the SixFeet Under soundtrack album in 2003 and 2006. Alongside former partner Gary Calamar, hewas responsible for the use of Sia’s Breathe Me in the final scene of the series. It isconsidered one of the most memorable uses of music in television, and launched Sia’s musiccareer in America. Thomas is also responsible for producing numerous soundtrack albums forBetter Call Saul, The Walking Dead, Halt and Catch Fire and Breaking Bad, also writing the linernotes for the Breaking Bad 10th Anniversary 5 Album Box. Additionally, he has assembledvarious remix projects for EMI Capitol Records and MGM, including reinterpretations of PeggyLee, The Beach Boys, Henry Mancini’s Pink Panther theme and EMI’s Christmas Classics remixcompilation ‘Merry Mixmas’.His formative years, musically speaking, were spent as a DJ, music programmer and on-air hostfor tastemaker LA radio station KCRW 89.9 FM. After ending his 10 year residency at KCRW,he turned his attention to music production and live audio video DJ work. He formed TheArbiters, a music collective creating mash-up music and video productions, free released twoEPs in 2006 and 2010, and created audio and video mash-up productions for clients includingGoogle, YouTube, Microsoft and Levi’s.Thomas has also become known as an innovative club DJ spinning broadly eclectic music sets,often with live synchronized visuals. His re-score project, featuring live DJre scores of classic films has been featured at the Sundance Film Festival, Bonnaroo Music &Arts Festival, Luminato Festival in Toronto, Dubrovnik Film Festival, U.S. Comedy Arts Festival,various residencies in Los Angeles, and has been profiled on Turner Classic Movies.Since September of 2017, Thomas has served as President of The Guild of Music Supervisors,a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and support the craft of MusicSupervision through education, advocacy and celebrations of excellence in the profession.During his time as President, Thomas has expanded the annual GMS ‘State of Music in Media’Conference with over 700 in attendance in 2018, sold out the annual GMS Awards show, andestablished a monthly GMS newsletter and podcast. With the Guild, Thomas strives to createladder up opportunities that promote greater diversity in the community, a climate ofprofessionprofessional respect and cooperation and to better serve and inspire the next generation.