Janet Yang has spent a career proving that stories can cross borders that politics cannot. Now, as the new chairwoman of the Committee of 100, she is bringing that conviction to one of the most prominent Chinese American organizations in the United States.
Yang, the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning film producer who served three terms as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was appointed to lead the committee's board, succeeding Gary Locke, the former governor of Washington state and US ambassador to China, who led the organization for the past five years.
Founded in 1990 by architect I. M. Pei, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and other distinguished Chinese Americans, the Committee of 100 aims to strengthen US-China relations and ensure that Chinese Americans have a full and rightful place in US society. Yang, a committee member since 1998, sees her new role as an extension of everything she has built across more than three decades in film.
"C100 has a dual mission: to ensure that Chinese Americans truly belong in the US, and to bridge the US and China," she said, adding that Pei and Ma "represent excellence that transcends national boundaries, while embracing their Chinese heritage and sharing their work across borders".
