Kristina Schake Named Executive Vice President, Global Communications of The Walt Disney Company
April 05 2022 - 06:15PM
Business Wire
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has named Kristina Schake as
Executive Vice President, Global Communications, reporting to Chief
Corporate Affairs Officer Geoff Morrell. She will be responsible
for the Company’s worldwide communications strategy and operations,
while also serving as lead spokesperson. Her appointment is
effective immediately.
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Ms. Schake has spent three decades working at the nexus of
government, media, business, entertainment, and technology. Most
recently, she was appointed by President Biden to lead the
nationwide COVID-19 vaccine education campaign and was previously
Global Communications Director for Instagram. Ms. Schake was Deputy
Communications Director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential
campaign and served in the Obama administration as Special
Assistant to the President and Communications Director to the First
Lady.
“I could not be more pleased to welcome Kristina to Disney and
to have her leading communications for the company,” said Mr.
Morrell. “Her experience in the public and private sectors, in
political and corporate campaigns, make her ideally suited for this
important role and to help me integrate communications with
government relations, public policy, and corporate social
responsibility into a new Corporate Affairs team. Together with the
exceptional professionals at Disney, we will help the world’s
greatest storytelling company engage even more effectively with our
many stakeholders around the world.”
“As Disney approaches its 100th anniversary, I’m excited to lead
the company’s global communications work at this pivotal moment of
growth and transformation,” said Ms. Schake. “The magical stories
and experiences Disney creates enrich the lives of countless people
around the world and it’s an honor for me to be a part of that,
helping Bob Chapek, Geoff Morrell, and the talented teams
throughout the company tell the story of Disney as it begins its
second century.”
With this role, Ms. Schake is returning home to California,
where she served for several years as the senior communications
strategist for First Lady Maria Shriver, the Women’s Conference,
and the California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities
Initiative. In 2009, she co-founded the American Foundation for
Equal Rights, which led the successful bipartisan public awareness
campaign and legal challenge to restore marriage equality to
California. She began her career working for Los Angeles Mayor
Richard J. Riordan. Ms. Schake is a native of Sonoma, CA, and is a
graduate of Johns Hopkins University.
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David Jefferson Corporate Communications
david.j.jefferson@disney.com (818) 560-4832
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