Kathleen Kennedy

Kathleen Kennedy is Co-Chair of Lucasfilm Ltd., the successor to company founder George Lucas. Lucasfilm announced her assignment in June 2012, as Lucas began his retirement plans. Kennedy is the former President of the Producers Guild of America. Kennedy will serve as executive producer for all three films of the upcoming Star Wars sequel trilogy.

She has had a long and successful career in the film business, alongside her husband and producing partner Frank Marshall. The pair had spent much of their careers collaborating with Steven Spielberg on his films prior to Kennedy joining Lucasfilm. Kennedy and Marshall have also worked with George Lucas a number of times in the past, including their roles as producers of all four Indiana Jones films and co-producers of The Land Before Time with Lucas and Spielberg.