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Director of Education
Company NameThe Walt Disney Company
Dates Employed2007 – Oct 2016
Employment Duration9 yrs
LocationBurbank, CA
Dr. Lizabeth Fogel is the Director of Education for The Walt Disney Company, focused particularly on serving Walt Disney Imagineering, The Walt Disney Studios and The Walt Disney Company, Corporate Citizenship. She plays a critical role within the Walt Disney Company, advising and guiding multiple business units on developmental milestones and educational (formal and informal) best practices. Lizabeth’s success comes from her ability to reach across business units and seamlessly integrate external partners into a collaborative, shared vision. She is responsible for the creative vision, integrity, and educational validity of the company’s products and programs. This includes, but is not limited to, the Disneynature Educators’ Guides, Shanghai Disneyland Resort informal learning experiences, outreach content and programs for a variety of films (ex. Finding Dory, The Jungle Book, Inside Out, Big Hero 6) and Pixar in a Box, a collaboration between Pixar Animation Studios and Khan Academy. Annually these materials reach approximately 400,000 students nationwide and receive around 4 million general audience impressions.
Lizabeth’s leadership extends well beyond the Walt Disney Company. She is the Chair of the Board for the Partnership for 21st Century Learning and is a member of board of directors for the North American Association for Environmental Education. She has also cultivated a world-class network comprised of individuals with an array of expertise that she leverages in innovative ways by working within interdisciplinary teams.
Prior to joining Disney in 2008, Lizabeth was a classroom educator, researcher, and educational media consultant. She taught at the elementary and university levels for over fifteen years. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology and organizational leadership and two master’s degrees in elementary education and developmental psychology from Pepperdine University. |