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JANET YANG is an Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Hollywood producer and the President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 

Yang has worked with some of the most formidable filmmakers and talent in the world. She came to prominence through her collaboration with Steven Spielberg on "Empire of the Sun" (Warner Bros). That was followed by a long partnership with multiple Academy Award-winner Oliver Stone—where she served as Executive Producer on the iconic "The Joy Luck Club" (Disney), and as a Producer on the Golden Globe-winning "The People vs. Larry Flynt" (Columbia Pictures). Her most recent credit is as an Executive Producer on the Oscar-nominated animated feature, "Over the Moon." Based on her original story, the film was directed by legendary animator Glen Keane and released on Netflix in 2020.

Among her many other credits are: the Sundance award-winning "Dark Matter" (Universal Pictures) with Meryl Streep; "The Weight of Water" (Lionsgate) directed by Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow with Academy Award winner Sean Penn; "Savior" (Lionsgate) with Dennis Quaid; "South Central" (Warner Bros.) d; "High Crimes" (Fox) with Morgan Freeman; a Chinese adaptation of the acclaimed Disney franchise "High School Musical"; cult favorites "Zero Effect," by Jake Kasdan, and "Shanghai Calling" with China Film Group. Yang won an Emmy and Golden Globe Award for the HBO movie "Indictment: The McMartin Trial."

Most recently, Yang was named one of the “50 Most Powerful Women in Hollywood” by the Hollywood Reporter, Variety's Power of Women 2023, and was featured on the Forbes 2024 “50 over 50” List.   

Yang is a co-founder of GoldHouse, serves on the IMAX China Board, the Forbes APEX VIP Founding Advisory Board, and Asia Society’s Southern California Advisory Board. 

Yang is the first Asian American president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and also has a pillar dedicated to her inside the Renzo Piano-designed Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.  Learn more at janetyang.com.

JULIA S. GOUW is the Chairwoman of Piermont Bank, a commercial bank in New York.  She was the former President and Chief Operating Officer of East West Bank.

Gouw was ranked one of the “25 Most Powerful Women in Banking” five times by American Banker magazine and has received the Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Women Making a Difference” award two times in recognition of her achievements and philanthropic contributions.

Gouw was a board member of the Trusteeship, an International Women’s Forum affiliate organization that connects preeminent women in leadership positions across various professional fields. 

Gouw currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Pacific Life and VIZIO (NYSE: VZIO). She was appointed as a Commissioner of Ontario International Airport Authority (OIAA) in September 2016. The OIAA provides overall direction for the management, operations, development and marketing of Ontario International Airport in Southern California.

Gouw is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. She was the founding chair of Executive Advisory Board of the UCLA Women’s Health to promote women’s health both in research and medical treatments. She also endowed the UCLA Chair of Mood Disorders Research especially in women in memory of Dr. Lori Altshuler.

Born and raised in Indonesia, Gouw came to the United States in 1978 where she earned her B.S. degree in accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.