Academy Board of Governors Now Over Half Female After Election

Lou Diamond Phillips, Hannah Minghella, Dana Stevens, and David I. Dinerstein were elected to the Academy's Board of Governors.
Women now make up 53% of the board, and 25% belong to underrepresented racial or ethnic groups.
The board sets the Academy's strategy, finances and mission.
New inclusion standards require best picture nominees to spend more time in theaters.
new governors join the board due to stricter term limits; 6 incumbents were reelected.