The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its newly elected 2016-17 Board of Governors on Monday.
Those elected for the first time include: Laura Dern, Actors Branch; Sharen K. Davis, Costume Designers Branch; Steven Spielberg, Directors Branch; Roger Ross Williams, Documentary Branch; Laura Karpman, Music Branch; and Kevin Collier, Sound Branch.
Two of the new governors, Davis and Williams, are African-Americans. Previously, Academy President and Public Relations Branch governor Cheryl Boone Isaacs was the only elected African-American on the board.
“I’m honored and privileged to welcome the Academy’s new Board,” said Boone Isaacs in a statement.