The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on June 16 announced the election of five members of its Board of Trustees, including Hiro Matsuoka and Cindy Huang.
As the governing body of the Academy Museum, the board leads the museum toward a sustainable future by adopting sound, ethical, and legal governance and financial management policies in addition to securing adequate resources to advance the museum’s mission.
“The Board of Trustees and I are thrilled to welcome Tom Dolby, Cindy Huang, Hiro Matsuoka, Jason Reitman, and Teddy Schwarzman to our Board of Trustees,” said Academy Museum Director and President Amy Homma. “Their deep commitment to the mission of our museum will further help bring exciting exhibitions, screenings, programs, initiatives, and collections and help us to grow our audiences from around the globe.”
Board of Trustees members as of July 1 include Dr. Eric Esrailian, Patricia Bellinger Balzer, Jim Gianopulos, Howard Berger, Arnaud Boetsch, Effie T. Brown (honorary trustee), Sidonie Seydoux Dumas, Sid Ganis (honorary trustee), Donna Gigliotti, Julia S. Gouw, Ray Halbritter, Tom Hanks, Travis Knight, Bill Kramer, Miky Lee, Eva Longoria, Ryan Murphy, Katherine L. Oliver, Alejandro Ramírez Magaña, Shira Ruderman, Ted Sarandos, Regina K. Scully, Kimberly Steward, Janet Yang, and Kevin Yeaman.
“The Academy Museum’s mission is made possible by the support of visionary leadership and a diversity of perspectives,” said Olivier de Givenchy, chair of the Board of Trustees. “I’m thrilled to welcome our new trustees who embody these values and will help guide the museum’s continued growth and impact.”
Hiro Matsuoka
Hiro Matsuoka is president and CEO of Toho Co., Ltd., Japan’s leading entertainment company since 1932. Since its founding, Toho has produced some of the world’s most iconic cinema, including the Godzilla series and Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai.” Matsuoka began his media career at International Creative Management in Los Angeles as an agent trainee and has since spent his career bridging Hollywood and the Japanese film and television industry.
At Toho, he has led the exponential growth of the company’s international business, including “Godzilla Minus One” (2023), which became the third-highest-grossing non-English-language film in the U.S. and won the 2024 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, and (in partnership with Legendary Pictures) “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” (2019) and “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” (2019), each grossing more than $350 million at the global box office.
Toho operates production and distribution of its anime entertainment through Toho Animation (including the renowned “My Hero Academia” and “Jujutsu Kaisen”).
Matsuoka received his bachelor’s degree from Keio University in Tokyo and MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a member of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc., and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He also serves on the boards of several companies, including The Pokémon Company.
Cindy Huang
Cindy Huang is a highly accomplished banker and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience at Citibank N.A. and HSBC. She co-founded the multibillion-dollar VC Edgewater Investment Group (EWI), focusing on leading Tech VC like SpaceX, Palantir, and Veea-AI. As CEO of EC Lending Group, she oversees a billion-dollar private credit capacity and co-founded the FinTech venture Swift Plus, specializing in open banking and cross-border payments.
Currently, she leads Apex Financial Holdings, which aims to expand U.S. banking into the digital banking era. In February 2025, Huang joined the Board of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc. Actively involved in philanthropy, she promotes AAPI empowerment and serves as CEO of the California State Friendship Committee.
She holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in science from National Taiwan University, focusing on global climate research and GPS systems, and resides in Los Angeles.
Tom Dolby is a filmmaker and the founder of Water’s End Productions. Jason Reitman is an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker who most recently directed “Saturday Night” (2024). Teddy Schwarzman is the CEO of Black Bear, an award-winning, multi-faceted media company.
The Academy Museum, the largest museum in the world dedicated to global cinema and the arts, sciences, and artists of moviemaking, advances the understanding, celebration, and preservation of cinema through inclusive and accessible exhibitions, screenings, programs, initiatives, and collections. For more information, go to www.academymuseum.org.