Janet Yang Re-Elected Academy President
Academy Board of Governors 2023-2024 Officers Elected
LOS ANGELES, CA – WEBWIRE – Thursday, August 3, 2023
Producer Janet Yang was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organizations Board of Governors.
Also elected to officer positions by the Board:
- Bonnie Arnold, Vice President (chair, Membership Committee)
- Howard Berger, Vice President (chair, Museum Committee)
- Brooke Breton, Vice President (chair, Education and Outreach Committee)
- Tom Duffield, Vice President/Treasurer (chair, Finance Committee)
- DeVon Franklin, Vice President (chair, Equity and Inclusion Committee)
- Lynette Howell Taylor, Vice President (chair, Awards Committee)
- Howard A. Rodman, Vice President/Secretary (chair, Governance Committee)
- Kim Taylor-Coleman, Vice President (chair, History and Preservation Committee)
I am thrilled to welcome this years board officers. Under Janets esteemed leadership, these dedicated governors will guide the Academys ongoing efforts to elevate the work of our global membership and film community, highlight our industrys rich history, foster meaningful dialogue, and continue to build equity and inclusion in every aspect of our organization, said Academy CEO Bill Kramer.
Yang is beginning her second term as president and her fifth year as a Governor-at-Large, a position for which she was nominated by the sitting Academy President and elected by the Board of Governors in 2019 and 2022. Howell Taylor and Taylor-Coleman were re-elected as officers. It will be the first officer stint for Berger, Breton, Duffield and Rodman. Arnold previously served as an officer in 2019-20 and Franklin in 2021-22.
Yangs extensive film producing credits include The Joy Luck Club, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Zero Effect, High Crimes, Dark Matter, Shanghai Calling and the Oscar-nominated animated feature Over the Moon. She won an Emmy for the HBO film Indictment: The McMartin Trial. A member of the Academys Producers Branch since 2002, Yang previously served on the Board as vice president and chair of the Membership Committee and prior to that, the Membership and Governance Committee.
Academy board members may serve up to two three-year terms (consecutive or non-consecutive), followed by a two-year hiatus, after which eligibility renews for up to two additional three-year terms for a lifetime maximum of 12 years. Officers serve one-year terms, with a maximum of four consecutive years in any one office.
The Board of Governors sets the Academys strategic vision, preserves the organizations financial health and assures the fulfillment of its mission. For a complete listing of the Academys 2023-2024 Board of Governors, click here.
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WEBWIRE – Thursday, August 4, 2022 Producer Janet Yang was elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organizations Board of Governors.
Janet is a tremendously dedicated and strategic leader who has an incredible record of service at the Academy. She has been instrumental in launching and elevating several Academy initiatives on membership recruitment, governance, and equity, diversity, and inclusion, noted Academy CEO Bill Kramer. I am thrilled that she is taking on the esteemed role of Academy President and look forward to working closely with her on our shared vision to serve our membership, celebrate the collaborative arts and sciences of motion pictures, and inspire the next generation of filmmakers.
Yang is beginning her first term as president and her second term as a Governor-at-Large, a position for which she was nominated by the sitting Academy President and elected by the Board of Governors. Gigliotti, Karaszewski, Linde, Mussenden and Thomas were re-elected as officers. It will be the first officer stint for Dorman, Howell Taylor and Taylor-Coleman.
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WEBWIRE – Thursday, June 23, 2022 Janet Hasselbring wears a slew of accolades around her neck, acknowledging her talent as a writer and putting a price on her work. She finds solace in writing poetry, essays, and short tales to express herself. Her essays and tales have received several local and national prizes. The most recent If I Had a Bucket List, a 2020 NAMPA winner, is about her trip to the Yucatan with her son and his family. She shoves off a 60-foot-high zip line, nearly drowns while snorkeling at a shipwreck, and swims with Greta, the dolphindetermined to keep up with her grandsons. These adventures led to her writing If I Had a Bucket List.
Book Genre: Self-help, Memoir
About the Author: Janet V. Grillo was born on June 17, 1949, and lived in Wilmington, DE, until March 2014. On December 13, 2001, Janets husband died tragically. To this day, she does not know whether his death was a suicide, assisted suicide, suggested suicide, or murder. After his death, Janet discovered that her husband was living a double life, had numerous affairs, and was allegedly part of the Philadelphia Mafia. For 50 years, Janet worked in the jewelry industry. She owned a business for twenty-three years. As a Fine Jewelry and Diamond Broker, Janet built her business through referrals. Although her business was thriving, Janet decided to close her business and follow her passion for writing.
Janet Yang Elected Academy President
Academy Board of Governors 2022-2023 Officers Elected
Teri E. Dorman, Vice President (chair, Membership Committee)
Donna Gigliotti, Vice President/Secretary (chair, Governance Committee)
Lynette Howell Taylor, Vice President (chair, Awards Committee)
Larry Karaszewski, Vice President (chair, History and Preservation Committee)
David Linde, Vice President/Treasurer (chair, Finance Committee)
Isis Mussenden, Vice President (chair, Museum Committee)
Kim Taylor-Coleman, Vice President (chair, Equity and Inclusion Committee)
Wynn P. Thomas, Vice President (chair, Education and Outreach Committee)
Yangs extensive film producing credits include The Joy Luck Club, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Zero Effect, High Crimes, Dark Matter, Shanghai Calling and the Oscar®-nominated animated feature Over the Moon. She won an Emmy® for the HBO film Indictment: The McMartin Trial. A member of the Academys Producers Branch since 2002, Yang most recently served on the Board as vice president and chair of the Membership Committee and prior to that, the Membership and Governance Committee. She is also co-chair of the Academys Asian Affinity Group.
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www.instagram.com/TheAcademyJanet Hasselbring, an Award-Winning Author, Presents an Inspirational Collection of Short Stories in Her New Book
Tweets: A Twitter Feed of Short Stories is a compilation of stories written by the author over the years that feature thoughts and musings on themes, including her family farm, trips, birds, and gardening. This thought-provoking anthology caresses the soul in provoking but supple manner. Through migratory birds and their behaviors, Janet relates them to casual, mundane events in life. It is full of inspiring and stimulating stories as Janet included a case for miracles, thoughts to ponder for teachers in the story I Think I Can, Teacher Alert tweets or short stories, introspection from Covid, and the ticking clock, bucket list, and more.
The stories are a quick read but are full of hard-hitting truths that will induce pondering or readers. Fans of William Cullen Bryant will find a home in Tweets: A Twitter Feed of Short Stories.
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Tweets: A Twitter Feed of Short Stories
Author: Janet Hasselbring
Publisher: Your Online Publicist
Published Date: April 2022
Book Genre: Short Stories, Personal Essays
About the Author
Janet lives in West Michigan with her husband, Don, and Welsh Terrier, Snack. She loves singing, biking, swimming, hiking, doing therapy work with Snack, playing bridge, Scrabble, and Mahjongg, and is a tennis and pickleball junkie. She drags herself off the court occasionally to write. Her piano gets lonely because she chooses to whack fuzzy yellow balls and noisy popping pickleballs instead of tickling its ivories.Janet V. Grillo Chronicles Her Tragedies, and How She Overcame Them in Her Memoir, “God Promised Me Wings to Fly”
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