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Robert Chapek is an American media executive and businessman who is chief executive officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company. Before becoming CEO on February 25, 2020, he had a 26-year career with The Walt Disney Company, beginning in the Home Entertainment division, and rising to become the Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. In February 2020, Chapek was named chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company replacing Bob Iger, who will remain as Executive Chairman until 2021.[28] In April 2020, Chapek was elected to Walt Disney Co.'s board of directors. It was later revealed, the same month, that while Chapek remained CEO, Iger had resumed control of the company's operational duties for the time being, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In numerous interviews with financial news outlets, Chapek has said he is focusing on opening Disney's theme parks. In May 2020, Shanghai Disneyland opened with limited guest capacity capped at approximately 24,000 visitors per day, pursuant to government regulations. Chapek acknowledged that this was a "baby step" but found the attendance figures encouraging, considering that the limited number of tickets were selling out. Chapek vowed to increase capacity in the weeks to come, albeit in a conservative manner. Chapek said that when Walt Disney World opens in July 2020, both employees and guests will be required to take temperature checks, wear face masks, and observe social distancing guidelines. He said that the company would continue to work with local government and healthcare professionals to open the parks responsibly. He added that when the parks reopened, the first attraction he'll ride will be Pirates of the Caribbean. In October 2020, Chapek agreed to keep Disney World at only 25% capacity until the CDC issued new guidance, and also stated that with regards to reopening Disneyland in California, "It's not much of a negotiation. It's pretty much a mandate that we stay closed."

Mr. Kevin A. Mayer is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of The Walt Disney Company (???Disney???). Mr. Mayer served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development. Mr. Mayer rejoined Disney from L.E.K. Consulting LLC (???L.E.K.???), where he was a Partner and Head of the Global Media and Entertainment practice. Prior to L.E.K., Mr. Mayer held leading positions at interactive and Internet businesses, including Chairman and CEO of Clear Channel Interactive. Mr. Mayer first joined Disney in 1993 as Manager, Strategic Planning. Later, he became Executive Vice President of the Internet group. Mr. Mayer received his M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1990, and holds an M.S.E.E. from San Diego State University and a B.S.M.E. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mr. Alan N. Braverman has been Executive Vice President and General Counsel of The Walt Disney Company in January 2003 and serves as its Secretary. Mr. Braverman serves as the Chief Legal Officer of The Walt Disney Company and oversees its team of attorneys responsible for all aspects of Disney's legal affairs around the world. Previously, Mr. Braverman was Executive Vice President and General Counsel, ABC, Inc. and Deputy General Counsel, The Walt Disney Company. In that capacity he oversaw the legal affairs of the ABC Broadcast Group, ESPN and Disney/ABC Cable, as well as labor relations. In August 1996, prior to Disney's acquisition of ABC, Inc., he was named Senior Vice President and General Counsel, ABC, Inc. In October 1994, he was promoted to Vice President and General Counsel. He joined ABC, Inc. in November 1993, as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. In his positions with ABC, Inc. Mr. Braverman had broad responsibilities for the operation of the legal department, for government relations and for the Corporation's legal affairs. During his tenure at ABC, Inc. Mr. Braverman joined Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. from the Washington, D.C. law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, where he started in 1976. He became a Partner in 1983, specializing in complex commercial and administrative litigation. Before joining Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Mr. Braverman was a Law Clerk to the Honorable Thomas W. Pomeroy, Jr., Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Mr. Braverman received a B.A. degree from Brandeis University in 1969 and subsequently worked for two years as a Vista volunteer in Gary, Indiana. In 1975, he received a J.D. degree summa cum laude from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where he was also Editor-In-Chief of the Law Review.

Mr. John Idler has been President of WLS-TV (ABC) Chicago and General Manager of WLS-TV (ABC) Chicago at The Walt Disney Company since June 5, 2012. Mr. Idler has been the President and General Manager of WLS Television, Inc. since June 5, 2012.

Mr. Stanley Cheung has been Managing Director of The Walt Disney Company (China) at The Walt Disney Company since December 2004. Mr. Cheung is responsible for driving the TWDC's strategy, coordinating all of Disney's business efforts in China, including overseeing Disney's global brands in the market, expanding existing businesses and seeking out new business opportunities. He joined Disney from Johnson & Johnson (China) Limited, the consumer arm of J&J businesses in China, where he served as Managing Director. While there, Mr. Cheung led J&J's business growth through product line extensions, new product introductions and distribution expansion. From 1996-2001, Mr. Cheung worked for The Pillsbury Company out of Shanghai, serving in a series of positions of increasing responsibilities, culminating in the position of Managing Director, North Asia. During this period, Mr. Cheung successfully developed Pillsbury companies in China and Hong Kong into thriving businesses with leading brands like Haagen Dazs ice cream and WanChai Ferry Chinese dumplings. He also restructured various aspects of Pillsbury's Taiwan and Korea businesses to reinvigorate growth. Previously, Mr. Cheung worked for the China Division of Pepsi-Cola International (PCI) in various positions. While there, he forged ahead the start up of PCI's business in the Sichuan province, led the bottling operations in Guangzhou as General Manager and expanded PCI's distribution in second tier cities, including Changsha, Jinan and Shijiazhuang. Mr. Cheung began his career with Proctor & Gamble, gaining experience in both the finance and brand management arenas. He spent a total of more than nine years in Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong and China covering various positions. Mr. Cheung holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Master of Business Administration from Indiana University in USA. He is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Mr. Adam Sanderson serves as Head of D23 at The Walt Disney Company. At The Walt Disney, Mr. Sanderson oversees D23: The Official Disney Fan Club, Disney Corporate Creative Resources and the Walt Disney Archives. Mr. Sanderson served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications at The Walt Disney Company since January 8, 2014. A 17-year Disney veteran, he served as Senior Vice President of Franchise Management at Disney/ABC Television Group, where he was responsible for launching, building and sustaining franchises for Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney Junior, Radio Disney, ABC Family, ABC Entertainment Group and ABC Daytime. Previously, Mr. Sanderson served as Senior Vice President of Brand Marketing at Disney Channels Worldwide, helping to build High School Musical, Hannah Montana and Disney Junior into franchise successes and managing all synergy initiatives.

Ms. Elissa Margolis has been Senior Vice President & Enterprise Social Responsibility of The Walt Disney Company since August 14, 2017. Ms. Margolis design and implement a global social responsibility strategy, encompassing all philanthropic, environmental and signature social responsibility programs across The Walt Disney Company. She served as Senior Vice President & General Manager for Disney Store North America, part of Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media. She was with the retail organization for nine years and was instrumental in helping evolve the business through both brick and mortar and e-commerce channels. Additionally, she serves on the board of MEND, an organization that offers food, clothing, medical, eye care, dental and education and training services for those in need and in the past has volunteered to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS prevention in local communities.

Ms. Zenia B. Mucha serves as the Chief Communications Officer at The Walt Disney Company and has been its Senior Executive Vice President since September 5, 2017. She is the Chief Communications Officer and Executive Vice President of The Walt Disney Company at Disney Destinations, LLC. Ms. Mucha served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications at ABC, Inc. She served as Executive Vice President of The Walt Disney Company at Disney Destinations, LLC until September 5, 2017 and Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications at The Walt Disney Company since May 2002. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President of Communications, for the ABC Broadcast Group and the ABC Television Network Since February 2001. Ms. Mucha oversaw the development, implementation and oversight of internal and external communications for the ABC Broadcast Group, the ABC Television Network and other ABC divisions. She also supervised various other activities, such as public service campaigns, audience information, internal publications and the ABC Foundation. She managed Senator D'Amato's two successful re-election campaigns, in 1986 and 1992. Ms. Mucha served as Director of NYC2012, Inc.

Mr. John Lasseter serves as Chief Creative Officer and Principal Creative Advisor Of Walt Disney Imagineering Walt Disney Co. Mr. Lasseter served as its Creative Chief of Animation and Head of the Imagineering department of Parks and Resorts division since February 2006. Mr.Lasseter serves as Chief Creative Officer and Executive Vice President, Creative division of Pixar. He served as a Senior Creative Officer of Pixar. He launched his career as an animator at Disney in the 1980s. In addition to serving as head of all of Pixar's Animation Studios' films and projects as Executive Vice President, Creative, he directed Toy Story, (the first feature-length computer animated film), A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2. He most recently served as Executive Producer of Monsters Inc. He was in development on his fourth feature film, Cars. He directed the first computer-animated feature film, Toy Story, for which he received a Special Achievement Oscar?? and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay, the first animated film ever to receive an Oscar?? nomination for screenplay. Mr. Lasseter joined Lucasfilm's Computer Division in 1984 and was a founding member of Pixar when it was formed in February 1986. He spent five years as an animator at The Walt Disney Company, where he worked on such films as The Fox and the Hound and Mickey's Christmas Carol. He designed and animated the Stained Glass Knight character in the 1985 Steven Spielberg production, Young Sherlock Holmes. Mr.Lasseter has written and directed a number of short films and television commercials while at Pixar: Luxo Jr. (1986 Academy Award?? nominee), Red's Dream (1987), Tin Toy (1988 Academy Award?? Winner) and Knick Knack (1989). His very first award came at the age of five when he won $15.00 from the Model Grocery Market in Whittier, California for a crayon drawing of the Headless Horseman. He is a two-time Academy Award??-winning Director and animator. Mr. Lasseter earned his B.F.A. in film from the California Institute of the Arts where he produced two animated films, each winners of the student Academy Award?? for Animation: Lady and the Lamp in 1979 and Nightmare in 1980. In 2001, he was given an honorary doctorate degree from the American Film Institute.

Mr. Ben Sherwood has been the President of Disney/ABC International Television, Inc. and as Co-Chairman of Disney Media Networks since February 1, 2015. Mr. Sherwood served as Co-President at ABC News since December 2010 until January 2015 and served as its Co-President of Disney-ABC Television Group from March 24, 2014 to January 2015. Mr. Sherwood is responsible for all aspects of ABC News' broadcasts, including World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer, Nightline, Good Morning America, 20/20, Primetime and This Week with Christiane Amanpour. In addition, Mr. Sherwood oversees ABC News Radio, ABCNEWS.com, ABC News' satellite service, NewsOne and ABC News NOW. In January 2009, Mr. Sherwood Founded TheSurvivorsClub.org, an online resource center and support network for people surviving and thriving in the face of all kinds of adversity. Mr. Sherwood began to explore a career in journalism with student internships at KCET public television in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau and the CBS Evening News. Mr. Sherwood launched his journalistic career in earnest when he joined ABC News in 1989, serving as an investigative associate producer and producer for ABC News' PrimeTime Live with hosts Diane Sawyer and Sam Donaldson. During that time his investigative reports explored flaws in the secretive B-2 stealth bomber program, the dangers of unlicensed mental health practitioners and the unheralded risks of an overprescribed heart medication. In 1997 Mr. Sherwood joined NBC's Nightly News as broadcast producer responsible for In Depth reports, then Senior Producer and ultimately Senior Broadcast Producer, where he helped guide coverage of the September 11th attacks and the controversy in Florida surrounding the 2000 Presidential election. Mr. Sherwood returned to ABC News in April 2004 as Executive Producer of the network's award-winning morning program, Good Morning America. Mr. Sherwood serves as a Member of The Board of Directors of City Year (Los Angeles) and a Member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, DC. He is also a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. During his tenure with the network, Mr. Sherwood guided GMA to the two most successful seasons in its history, while overseeing prize-winning coverage of the tsunami in Southeast Asia, the devastation of hurricane Katrina and the presidential election of 2004. Over the years, Mr. Sherwood's journalism and non-fiction essays have been published in many respected publications, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, New Republic, Washington Monthly, Parade and O magazine. He is also the author of two critically acclaimed best-selling novels: The Man Who Ate the 747 (2000) and The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud (2004). His fiction has been published around the world. In July 2010, The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud was adapted as a feature film starring Zac Efron and was released by Universal Pictures under the title Charlie St. Cloud. The Man Who Ate the 747 is also being developed as a major motion picture and Broadway musical. Mr. Sherwood's latest book, The Survivors Club, is a non-fiction exploration of the science and secrets of who bounces back from everyday adversity and who doesn't; who beats life-threatening disease and who succumbs; and who triumphs after economic hardship and who surrenders. The book became an instant New York Times bestseller and has been featured widely in print and on television. He is a graduate of Harvard College in 1986, Mr. Sherwood earned an AB degree in American government and history. From 1986 to 1989, as a Rhodes Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford, he earned masters degrees in British imperial history and development economics.