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Becoming AFI: 50 Years Inside the American Film Institute
498 pages, Paperback
Published March 4, 2025
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Jean Picker Firstenberg
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Jean Picker Firstenberg served as president and CEO of the AFI from 1980 to 2007 overseeing the development of AFI as one of America’s greatest national, cultural and educational resources. She received an AFI Life Achievement Award for Service to the Institute and was named President Emerita and a Lifetime Trustee.
In 2016, Firstenberg was named to the California State University Board of Trustees by Governor Jerry Brown, overseeing the largest four-year public university system in the United States, with 23 campuses educating the most diverse student body in the nation. Prior to serving at AFI, Firstenberg spent four years as a program officer at the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation. She also served as Director of Princeton University’s Publications Office.
Jean Picker Firstenberg served as president and CEO of the AFI from 1980 to 2007 overseeing the development of AFI as one of America’s greatest national, cultural and educational resources. She received an AFI Life Achievement Award for Service to the Institute and was named President Emerita and a Lifetime Trustee.
In 2016, Firstenberg was named to the California State University Board of Trustees by Governor Jerry Brown, overseeing the largest four-year public university system in the United States, with 23 campuses educating the most diverse student body in the nation. Prior to serving at AFI, Firstenberg spent four years as a program officer at the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation. She also served as Director of Princeton University’s Publications Office.
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