The Motion Picture Academy promotes Amy Homma, Three Others

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a series of executive promotions as part of an organization-wide effort to unite groups on Wednesday (May 29). “As the Academy evolves, we're bringing teams together to create a better sense of common purpose across the organization,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer he said in a statement.

Amy Homa has been named director and president of the Academy's Motion Picture Museum. In her new role, Homma will lead the Academy Museum's strategic creative vision. Successive film scholar and TCM presenter Jacqueline Stewart, who is returning to her faculty position at the University of Chicago. Homma will report to the museum's board of directors and the Kramer Academy's CEO.

Homma has been at the Academy Museum for five years and is currently the museum's head of public. He previously served as the Academy Museum's vice president for education and public engagement.

Jennifer Davidson has been promoted to the newly created role of head of marketing and communications, effective June 1. In this expanded role, he will oversee marketing and audience development, communications, digital/social and creative brand strategy for all Academy arms, including the Academy Foundation, the Academy Museum and the Oscars.

Davidson has served as chief communications officer since December 2021.

Jenny Galanti has been promoted to the newly created role of chief revenue officer, effective June 1. In this role, Galante will drive diversified and global revenue growth for all Academy arms, including the Academy Foundation and Academy Museum. He will continue to oversee strategic brand partnerships, including Oscar sponsors and advertisers, and lead efforts for Academy100, a $500 million global outreach and monetization campaign that the Academy publicly launched in early May.

Galante, who joined the Academy staff in 2013, most recently held the position of executive vice president, revenue and business development and served as senior vice president, business development.

Matt Severson, director of the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library, has been promoted to the newly created position of the Academy's executive vice president, collection and preservation, effective July 1. She will oversee all collections, archiving, preservation, recording, conservation and cataloging work of the Margaret Herrick Library, Academy Film Archive and Academy Museum. This role brings together, for the first time, all collections and preservation efforts for the entire Academy collection of 23 million objects.

Severson began his Academy career in 1997 at the Photograph Archive. He became head of the Photographic Archive in 2009 before becoming head of the Margaret Herrick Library in 2018. He recently edited the catalog for the Academy Museum exhibition Agnés Varda: Director's Inspiration, published by the Academy and DelMonico Books last year.

Previously, Severson referred to Randy Humberkamp, executive vice president, Library, Archive and SciTech, who will retire from the Academy on Aug. 2 after 23 years. Haberkamp will continue as a consultant with the Academy until next spring.