Amy Homma Among AMPAS Promotions, Named Academy Museum Director & President

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made a number of executive promotions including Amy Homma who has been appointed Director and President of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures by the Board of Trustees of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and the Academy Foundation Board of Governors. Homma is taking over for outgoing Museum President, Jacqueline Stewart, a film scholar and TCM host, who is returning to her faculty position at the University of Chicago. Homma will report to the museum’s Board of Trustees and Academy CEO Bill Kramer.

In addition, Jennifer Davidson has been upped to the newly created role of Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, effective June 1.

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Jenny Galante has been raised to the newly created role of Chief Revenue Officer, also effective June 1.

Matt Severson, director of the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library, is now upped to the newly created position of EVP, Academy Collection and Preservation, effective July 1.

Homma is a five-year vet of the Academy Museum is currently the museum’s Chief Audience Officer. She has been integral in raising the museum’s public profile through its programming and content. She has also led the museum’s Film Programs, Education and Public Engagement, Community and Impact, and Digital Content teams, and has broadened relationships between the Academy Museum, Academy members and the broader film community.

Homma previously served as the Academy Museum’s VP of Education and Public Engagement, during which time she developed a team to oversee the museum’s K-12 programming and public programs, which included lectures, symposia, panels, in-gallery talks and online programming. Prior to her time at the Academy Museum, Homma was a leader at the Smithsonian Institution as the Acting Deputy Director of the Arts & Industries Building and Director of Digital Learning at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

In Davidson’s expanded role, she will oversee marketing and audience development, communications, digital/social and creative brand strategy for all arms of the Academy, including the Academy Foundation, Academy Museum and the Oscars.

Davidson has served as Chief Communications Officer since December 2021. Before the Academy, Davidson was EVP for Babygrande PR, creating and implementing strategic positioning, branding objectives, program publicity and corporate and business media outreach for a list of clients including ITV America and Wheelhouse Entertainment, among many others. Prior to that time, Davidson served as VP, Media Relations at Sony Pictures Television, overseeing the studio’s domestic publicity.

Galante will oversee the Academy’s global revenue growth, including the Academy Foundation and Academy Museum. She will continue to oversee strategic brand partnerships, including Oscars sponsors and advertisers, and lead efforts for Academy100, a $500MM global revenue diversification and outreach campaign the Academy publicly launched in early May.  An Academy staffer since 2013, Galante most recently held the position of EVP, Revenue and Business Development and served as SVP, Business Development. Prior to joining the Academy, Galante managed corporate sponsorships for the Sundance Film Festival and Sundance Institute’s year-round artist programs and special events.

Severson will oversee all collections, archival, preservation, registration, conservation and cataloging work of the Margaret Herrick Library, Academy Film Archive and Academy Museum. This role centers, for the first time, all collections and preservation efforts for the entire 23 million-item Academy Collection.  Severson began his Academy career in 1997 in the Photograph Archive. He became head of the Photograph Archive in 2009 before becoming the head of the Margaret Herrick Library in 2018.

Previously, Severson reported to EVP Library, Archive and SciTech Randy Haberkamp, who will retire from the Academy this summer after 23 years with the org. During Haberkamp’s time, he supervised the Academy Film Archive and Margaret Herrick Library, developing robust film programming, spearheading efforts to diversify Academy collections, expanding their animation collection and helping to launch their Academy Gold program. He retires on Aug. 2, but will continue to be a consultant to the Academy until next spring.

“As the Academy evolves, we are bringing teams together to create a better sense of shared purpose across the organization,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer, “I am thrilled that we have an incredible team of dedicated and strategic professionals at the Academy who have greatly earned these promotions. I look forward to working with Amy, Jen, Jenny and Matt in their new roles. I also want to extend my deepest gratitude to both Jacqueline and Randy for their partnership and support. They are leaders of the highest level and will be missed by us all.”

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