PRESIDENT, DISNEYLAND RESORT
WHY: Top local official for Orange County’s largest employer with 31,000 workers. Disneyland Resort—three hotels, two amusement parks and a retail and restaurant district—gets more than 20M visitors a year.
RECENT: Tapped to lead area tourism driver in May in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic, which shuttered Disneyland on March 14. Reopening date in limbo. At the time of Potrock’s appointment, former Disneyland President Josh D’Amaro was named chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products.
NOTABLE: Potrock, previously president of consumer products, is Disneyland’s fifth president in 10 years.
