August 13, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:  John Pavlik — (310) 247-3000

Beverly Hills, CA - Academy Award^®-winning writer Frank R. Pierson has been re-elected to his third term as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization's Board of Governors. The election was held at the regularly-scheduled August meeting of the board Tuesday night (8/5).

Pierson, a governor representing the writers branch of the Academy for the past six years, was first elected to the Academy presidency in 2001.

Sid Ganis, a public relations branch governor and producer, was elected first vice president. Directors branch governor Gil Cates and public relations branch governor Cheryl Boone Isaacs were elected vice presidents, actors branch governor Kathy Bates was named treasurer and sound branch governor Donald C. Rogers was re-elected secretary.

Ganis has previously served four terms as first vice president and three as vice president. Rogers has previously served three terms as vice president, one term as treasurer and nine terms as secretary. Bates has served three terms as vice president and a term as secretary. Isaacs served last year as treasurer. Cates will serve for the first time as an officer of the Academy.

Board members serve three-year terms, while Academy officers serve one-year terms, with a maximum of four consecutive terms in any one office.