PRESIDENT, DISNEYLAND RESORT
WHY: Top local official for OC’s largest employer with 32,000 employees.
IN THE NEWS: Anaheim resort making headway on large-scale hospitality expansion dubbed DisneylandForward that could double city’s tax revenue to $244M; is looking to update existing land approvals for future development. Both parks and Downtown Disney have approximately $2B in developments underway.
NOTEABLE: Tapped to lead 500-acre theme park in 2020, Potrock is Disneyland’s fifth president in 10 years.
QUOTABLE: “DisneylandForward sets the stage for significant and multi-decade investment for the future. This is the next generation of the Disneyland Resort.”
