Janet Yang, the film producer who served three terms as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has been tapped to serve as chairwoman of the board of Committee of 100, a nonprofit organization made up of distinguished Chinese Americans, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
C100, which was founded in 1990 by architect I.M. Pei, musician Yo-Yo Ma and other prominent Chinese Americans, aims to strengthen U.S.-China relations and challenge the treatment of Chinese Americans as foreigners rather than full participants in American life. Yang, a C100 member since 1998, succeeds Gary Locke, the former governor of Washington state and former U.S. Ambassador to China, who led the organization for the past five years.