Cheryl Boone Isaacs is an American film marketing and public relations executive.
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Film Marketing & Public Relations Executive, Former President of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Cheryl Boone Isaacs is an American film marketing and public relations executive. She has represented the Public Relations Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, known for its annual Academy Awards, on the AMPAS Board of Governors for 21 years as of 2013.
On July 30, 2013 she was elected as the 35th president of AMPAS and on August 11, 2015 she was re-elected. Boone Isaacs was the first African American to hold this office, and the third woman.
At the 2015 Governors Awards, Boone Isaacs launched a new Academy initiative called A2020, which will focus on improving representation of diversity, age, gender, race, national origin, point-of-view, and will include a five-year plan to focus on industry practices and hiring.
Boone Isaacs started her own company, called CBI Enterprises, Inc., where she has worked on publicity for films that have included Best Picture winners The King’s Speech and The Artist.
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