‘A Star Is Born’ Producer Lynette Howell Taylor Re-Elected Academy President

By Clayton Davis

Clayton Davis

Chief Awards Editor

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Lynette Howell Taylor has been reelected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, beginning a second consecutive term as the organization moves toward its 100th anniversary.

Also elected to the 2026-2027 officer positions by the Board are: Lesley Barber (Music Branch), chair of the Membership Committee; David Dinerstein (Marketing and Public Relations Branch), vice president/treasurer and chair of the Finance Committee; Jennifer Fox (Producers Branch), chair of the Awards Committee; Lou Diamond Phillips (Actors Branch), chair of the Equity and Inclusion Committee; and Howard A. Rodman (Writers Branch), vice president/secretary and chair of the Governance Committee. Barber, Fox, Phillips and Rodman were reelected as officers. It marks Dinerstein’s first officer role.

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