LOS ANGELES — If you want proof that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has changed, Raffi Boghosian said to look no further than him.

The Armenian journalist was rejected entry in the past, but he is one of the newest members after the organization's reforms.

"I really experienced the HFPA before changing the bylaws and after. They truly changed in every aspect. It's a brand new association," he said.

After an LA Times investigation earlier in the year revealed a major lack of diversity — with the organization having zero Black members and other ethical wrongdoings — the HFPA underwent significant change.

The new bylaws include adding 21 new diverse members and not receiving gifts from studios.

"We have more diverse members. I love that. We have people from all over the world, different ethnicities. We share ideas," he said.

Perhaps one of the most significant and long-term changes within the group is hiring a new chief executive, Neil Phillips. He is the first chief diversity officer whose entrepreneurial career thus far has been dedicated to promoting diversity and equity.

"That's criticism and these challenges are well deserved. That is where we need to be in this diversity and equity and inclusion pursuit is around structural change. You can look at numbers and alter numbers but if you haven't gone into the core and the essence of how an organization functions then you are looking into something that could potentially be a band aid," he said.

Phillips said he met with each member to get to know them and, in turn, the organization. They've also gone through new training, he said. And the group has started to operate differently from the inside out. Phillips also said he was not afraid to join an organization with many people running from it.  

"The reason I felt and still feel so strongly about the organization is because I saw the work they were taking on as a way to respond to the criticisms that were levied. I saw an organization that was authentically dedicated to transformation," he said.

Phillips wants to affect real worldwide change, which he said Hollywood has the power to do. As Boghosian showed Spectrum News a Golden Globe, he said he agreed.

"Golden Globes absolutely inspire a lot of people not only in the U.S. but all over the world. We are really going on the right track. I am sure a lot of people in other companies will be inspired by the Golden Globes. We are absolutely going to be an example for others," he said.

And that is an organization to be proud of, he said.