{"id":2333001,"date":"2026-03-17T12:35:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2333001"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:35:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:35:47","slug":"incoming-disney-president-cco-dana-walden-restructures-entertainment-leadership-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/incoming-disney-president-cco-dana-walden-restructures-entertainment-leadership-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Incoming Disney President &#038; CCO Dana Walden Restructures Entertainment Leadership Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n\t\t\t<!-- simple-lightbox-fslight processed figures --><\/p>\n<p>When <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/02\/breaking-dana-walden-disneys-president-chief-creative-officer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Dana Walden<\/a> takes the reins as Disney\u2019s new President and Chief Creative Officer on March 18, she\u2019ll oversee a restructured Disney Entertainment that adds games and digital entertainment alongside film, television, and streaming.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-walden-restructures-disney-entertainment\">Walden Restructures Disney Entertainment<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/r2-media.wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/image-22-7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/r2-media.wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/image-22-7.jpg\" alt=\"Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California\" class=\"wp-image-1395512\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>According to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thewaltdisneycompany.com\/news\/entertainment-leadership-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">official press release<\/a>, while Walden will report exclusively to incoming CEO Josh D\u2019Amaro, she will oversee seven senior executives:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Alan Bergman<\/strong>, chairman of Disney Entertainment Studios, oversees all aspects of the company\u2019s film studios, including production, marketing, and distribution, and maintains shared oversight of Direct to Consumer with Walden<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joe Earley <\/strong>and <strong>Adam Smith<\/strong>, co-presidents of Direct to Consumer, share responsibility for strategy and financial performance across Disney+ and Hulu. Earley also serves as head of content strategy for Direct to Consumer, while Smith works as chief product and technology officer for Disney Entertainment and for ESPN.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Debra OConnell<\/strong> will take on the newly-created role of chairman of Disney Entertainment Television, overseeing the television brands, including ABC Entertainment (including ABC News and ABC Owned Television Stations), Disney Branded Television, Hulu Originals, National Geographic Content, and creative for 20th Television and 20th Television Animation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sean Shoptaw<\/strong>, EVP, Games and Digital Entertainment, oversees the company\u2019s Games business and its collaboration with Epic Games.<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Landgraf<\/strong>, Chairman of FX.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Asad Ayaz<\/strong>, Disney\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/01\/the-walt-disney-company-names-first-ever-chief-marketing-officer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">first-ever Chief Marketing and Brand Officer<\/a>, will report both to D\u2019Amaro and Walden.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/r2-media.wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/image-22-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1165\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Incoming Disney president and chief creative officer Dana Walden\" class=\"wp-image-1395513 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/r2-media.wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/image-22-8.jpg\" data-eio-rwidth=\"1165\" data-eio-rheight=\"800\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1165\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/r2-media.wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/image-22-8.jpg\" alt=\"Incoming Disney president and chief creative officer Dana Walden\" class=\"wp-image-1395513\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Walden will officially take up her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/02\/breaking-dana-walden-disneys-president-chief-creative-officer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">new position<\/a> on March 18, the same day <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/02\/josh-damaro-is-disneys-next-ceo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Josh D\u2019Amaro<\/a> will take over as Disney CEO. Her priorities in her new position as President and Chief Creative Officer of The Walt Disney Company will include <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/02\/dana-waldens-priorities-disney-job-incorporating-ai-production\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">incorporating AI into movie production<\/a> and improving streaming profits.<\/p>\n<p>See incoming Disney leaders Josh D\u2019Amaro and Dana Walden talk about their upcoming roles at the Academy Awards on March 15:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Disney incoming CEO and president reflect on studio&#039;s Oscar legacy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_XdD7fJPcnM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>For the latest Disney Parks news and info, follow <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">WDW News Today<\/a> on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wdwnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WDWNewsToday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wdwnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- relpost-thumb-wrapper --><!-- close relpost-thumb-wrapper -->\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source wdwnt.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Dana Walden takes the reins as Disney\u2019s new President and Chief Creative Officer on March 18, she\u2019ll oversee a restructured Disney Entertainment that adds games and digital entertainment alongside film, television, and streaming. Walden Restructures Disney Entertainment According to the official press release, while Walden will report exclusively to incoming CEO Josh D\u2019Amaro, she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2333002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[309887,308201,396945,378060,410584,338244],"class_list":["post-2333001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-dana-walden","tag-disney-entertainment","tag-executive-team","tag-leadership","tag-restructure","tag-the-walt-disney-company"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Incoming-Disney-President-CCO-Dana-Walden-Restructures-Entertainment-Leadership.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2333003,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333001\/revisions\/2333003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2333002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}