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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced its newly elected 2017\u201318 Board of Governors.<\/p>\n
Those elected to the Board for the first time are:<\/p>\n
Whoopi Goldberg, Actors Branch Incumbent governors reelected to the Board include:<\/p>\n Lora Kennedy, Casting Directors Branch Returning to the Board after a hiatus is:<\/p>\n Richard Edlund, Visual Effects Branch<\/p>\n The Academy\u2019s 17 branches are each represented by three governors, who may serve up to three consecutive three-year terms. The Board of Governors sets the Academy\u2019s strategic vision, preserves the organization\u2019s financial health, and assures the fulfillment of its mission.<\/p>\n For a full list of Academy governors, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced its newly elected 2017\u201318 Board of Governors. Those elected to the Board for the first time are: Whoopi Goldberg, Actors Branch Mandy Walker, Cinematographers Branch Isis Mussenden, Costume Designers Branch Wynn P. Thomas, Designers Branch Kimberly Peirce, Directors Branch David Linde, Executives Branch Christina Kounelias,… Continue reading Academy Elects 2017-18 Board Of Governors<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-4528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-academy","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMandy Walker, Cinematographers Branch
\n<\/span>Isis Mussenden, Costume Designers Branch
\n<\/span>Wynn P. Thomas, Designers Branch
\n<\/span>Kimberly Peirce, Directors Branch
\n<\/span>David Linde, Executives Branch
\nChristina Kounelias, Public Relations Branch
\nThomas R. Sito, Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
\nTeri E. Dorman, Sound Branch
\nLarry Karaszewski, Writers Branch<\/p>\n
\nKate Amend, Documentary Branch
\nMichael Tronick, Film Editors Branch
\nKathryn L. Blondell, Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch
\nCharles Bernstein, Music Branch
\nAlbert Berger, Producers Branch<\/p>\n