KEY LEADERSHIP Gabriella C. Calicchio Chief Executive Officer Ms

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KEY LEADERSHIP Gabriella C. Calicchio Chief Executive Officer Ms
 KEY LEADERSHIP Gabriella C. Calicchio Chief Executive Officer Ms. Calicchio joined the Museum in November 2011, returning to the San Francisco Bay Area after serving as Managing Director of the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, one of the nation's highest-­‐profile children's theaters and the only company serving a young audience to receive the Tony Award® for outstanding regional theater. Prior to leading the Children’s Theatre Company, Ms. Calicchio held a succession of executive positions in the Bay Area for more than a decade. She served as Managing Director of Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, CA for six years after a two-­‐year tenure as Executive Director of the Diablo Ballet, Walnut Creek, CA. She came to the Bay Area in 1996 to become Director of Theater Operations at Smith Center, Ohlone College in Fremont, CA. Currently, Calicchio also serves on the Board of Directors at San Francisco Travel. Calicchio holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama and dance from Bard College, New York and a Master of Arts degree in arts administration and education from Lesley University, Cambridge, MA. She was a CSI Fellow at Stanford University for Executive Leaders in the Arts and a participant in the National Arts Strategies on strategy and finance. THE BOARD Diane Disney Miller Co-­‐Founder, The Walt Disney Family Museum Diane Disney Miller, the first daughter of Walt Disney and Lillian Bounds Disney, is co-­‐founder of The Walt Disney Family Museum and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Walt Disney Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization. The Foundation was established in 1995 and strives to promote education, writing, and scholarship about Walt Disney. Mrs. Miller is well known for her extensive philanthropic work in the Bay Area and throughout the United States. In addition to her work on founding The Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio of San Francisco, Mrs. Miller played a key role in the successful completion of the Frank Gehry-­‐designed Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and has served on the Board of Governors of San Francisco Symphony. Mrs. Miller and her husband, Ronald W. Miller, own the Silverado Vineyards Winery in Napa Valley. The couple has seven children and 13 grandchildren. Walter E.D. Miller Co-­‐Founder, The Walt Disney Family Museum Walter Miller, grandson of Walt Disney and son of Diane Disney Miller and Ronald W. Miller, is co-­‐
founder of The Walt Disney Family Museum and President of the Walt Disney Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization. The Foundation was established in 1995 and strives to promote education, writing, and scholarship about Walt Disney. Mr. Miller was the Executive Producer of two documentaries about Walt Disney. The first, Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (2001), is an in-­‐depth glimpse into Disney’s luminous life and career. A recent film, Walt & El Grupo (2008), studies Disney’s 1941 goodwill tour to South America. The trip, which included Disney’s creative team, led to the production of Latin American-­‐themed animation features that were screened both in Latin America and the United States. ### Press contacts: Libby Garrison Andi Wang Director of Marketing and Communications Communications & Digital Media Manager The Walt Disney Family Museum The Walt Disney Family Museum 415-­‐345-­‐6822 415-­‐345-­‐6816 lgarrison@wdfmuseum.org awang@wdfmuseum.org