Film academy re-elects president Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who pushed diversity efforts
LOS ANGELES -- The leadership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has re-elected as its president a film marketing executive who has pushed for greater diversity within the organization.
The academy announced Tuesday night that Cheryl Boone Isaacs has been re-elected to lead the organization that bestows the Academy Awards to another one-year term.
Boone Isaacs has led efforts to increase diversity within the academy's membership, especially in the wake of two years of all-white acting Oscars nominees that sparked the #OscarsSoWhite backlash against the ceremony.
The academy recently invited 683 new members to join; 46 percent of the prospective members were female and 41 percent from minority groups.
As president, Boone Isaacs helps announce the slate of Oscar nominees each year. She also heads a film marketing consulting business.