Janet Yang Re-Elected Motion Picture Academy President For Third Term
deadline.comIn a election that was clearly less contentious than the current one for U.S. president, producer Janet Yang was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization’s Board of Governors.
This will be her third consecutive term and comes as no surprise since AMPAS presidents generally are re-elected each year of a possible four single terms as long as they have not been termed out on the Board itself.
Also elected to officer positions by the Board were first-timer Lesley Barber, Vice President (chair, Membership Committee); DeVon Franklin, Vice President (chair, Equity and Inclusion Committee); Donna Gigliotti, Vice President/Treasurer (chair, Finance Committee); Lynette Howell-Taylor, Vice President (chair, Awards Committee); and Howard A.
Rodman, Vice President/Secretary (chair, Governance Committee). “I am thrilled to have Janet return as Academy President for a third term to continue our great work of the past two years,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer. “I also am so pleased to welcome this year’s incredible slate of dedicated board officers.
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