Cheryl Boone Isaacs re-elected president
Cheryl Boone Isaacs, a governor of the public relations branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has been re-elected president of the Academy Foundation.
Isaacs, who testament be helping her second term as president of AMPAS' educational and ethnic arm, got the vote of assurance at a board of governors merging Tuesday.
Also reprising their roles with new terms are executives leg governor Robert Rehme and film editors branch regulator Donn Cambern, who were re-elected as vp.
Sid Ganis, who is beginning his fourth terminus as Academy president, was elected treasurer, and executives branch governor Tom Sherak was named secretary.
Academy executive director Bruce Davis remains administrator secretary.
The Foundation's trustees ar elected every year by the board of governors. Foundation trustees for 2008-09 are Cambern, Ganis, Isaacs, Rehme, Sherak, Annette Bening (actors branch), Jon Bloom (shortsighted films and feature invigoration), James L. Brooks (writers), Caleb Deschanel (cinematographers), Jim Gianopulos (executives), Mark Goldblatt (film editors), Arthur Hamilton (music), Kevin O'Connell (sound), Frank Pierson (writers), Bill Taylor (visual) and Henry Winkler (actors).
Established in 1942, the Foundation supports the Academy's public screening series such as the "Gold Standard," "Great to Be Nominated," "Oscar's Docs" and "Contemporary Documentaries" as well as Academy Tech Council programming, tributes and exhibitions. It too is responsible for conducting the annual Student Academy Awards and Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competitions. Also, the Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive operate under its banner.
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