Amber Tamblyn demands Disney add women of color to board

Former soap opera star Amber Tamblyn has called on Disney to add women of color to its board of directors. 

The 34-year-old actress took to Twitter on Sunday, sharing a link to a story about a four directors that are set to step down from Disney’s board, two of them well-known tech executives.

‘Hi @Disney and @RobertIger. It looks like you’re about to have two seats open on your board of directors,’ wrote Tamblyn. 

‘We call on you to choose women of color for these seats. Be a shining example for your fellow studios. We’re watching,’ she continued.

Former soap opera star Amber Tamblyn (left) called on Disney CEO Bob Iger (right) to fill spots on the company’s board of directors with non-white women

Disney said Friday that Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey won’t be standing for re-election to the board

As well, Orin C. Smith (left) will be retiring at the age of 74 and Robert Matschullat (right) will step down after reaching the board’s 15-year term limit

Disney said Friday that Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey won’t be standing for re-election to the board at the company’s annual meeting on March 8.

The two found conflicts of interest increasingly difficult as Disney moves increasingly into technology.

As well, Orin C. Smith will be retiring at the age of 74 and Robert Matschullat will step down after reaching the board’s 15-year term limit.

Tamblyn’s tweet demanding that their seats on the board go to non-white women included the hashtag #TimesUp, in reference to the legal defense fund for women fighting sexual misconduct.

Currently, four out of Disney’s 12-member board of directors are female.

Disney has already said that Israeli-born woman Safra Catz, Oracle’s co-CEO, and Illumina CEO Francis deSouza, a man from Ethiopia, will join the board starting February 1.

If they, along with the eight incumbent members, are elected at the annual meeting, Disney will end up with 10 directors.