Producers Branch: Academy and African-American Head

producers branch: A former Walt Disney Co. executive, he worked on programs including sports, awards and music shows and won seven Emmys as an executive producer for The Amazing Race, according to CTV. He produces and directs through his own company. The academy said Thursday its board of governors elected Hayma Screech Washington as chairman and CEO. Washington, an award-winning producer, has served as co-governor of the producers branch of the academy. Washington two-year tenure begins Jan. 1. In 2013, Cheryl Boone Isaacs became the first African-American head of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He succeeds outgoing chief executive Bruce Rosenblum, who hit a term-limits ceiling after five years heading the group that presents the prime-time Emmy Awards. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.