Walt Disney Company executive Tim McNeal and his creative talent development and inclusion team will now be housed withinMcNeal will now report directly to Disney TV Studios president Craig Hunegs. McNeal and his team will work to increase representation for marginalized communities across the studios’ executive, talent, and production ranks.
McNeal’s team consists of DMA Anderson, Victor Bui, Kristi Shuton, Liz Kelly, Brian Pacheco, Vincente Fuentes, and Adrienne Thomas. Their efforts have included hiring events and community relationship building, while also tracking Disney’s progress toward more inclusive hiring. They have placed creative talent on multiple Disney-produced shows, including “Modern Family” and “Grey’s Anatomy.”
A veteran of television programming development, McNeal transitioned into talent development when he joined Walt Disney Television as vice president of talent development and diversity in 2006. With the 2013 restructuring of the team, he was promoted to head of creative talent development and inclusion.