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As president of Advertising Sales for the Walt Disney Company,
                                 Rita Ferro leads advertising sales for the Company's
                                 entertainment, news, sports and kids linear and digital TV and
                                 Radio businesses (ABC Entertainment, ABC Daytime and ABC
                                 News; Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney Junior, Radio Disney;
                                 Freeform, FX Networks, National Geographic Networks) and the
                                 ESPN portfolio which includes ESPN’s domestic networks, ESPN
                                 on ABC, ESPN.com, ESPN3, ESPN Radio, ESPN International,
                                 ESPN+ and ESPN Mobile. She also leads the integrated sales
                                 team for the Disney Digital Network, the Company’s online, mobile
                                 and social offerings. Additionally, Ferro directs National TV Ad
       RITA                      Sales for ABC’s eight owned local TV stations.  She has been in
                                 this role since September 2018.
       FERRO
                                 Ferro previously served as president, Disney|ABC advertising
                                 sales and marketing where she oversaw all advertising sales,
      President,                 marketing functions and ad revenue-generation strategies for the

      Advertising Sales          company’s entertainment, news and kids and family linear
      Direct-to-Consumer         and digital TV and radio businesses, including ABC Entertainment,
      & International            ABC Daytime, ABC News, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney
                                 Junior, Radio Disney and Freeform. She also led the integrated
                                 sales team for the Disney Digital Network (DDN), The Walt Disney
                                 Company’s online, mobile and social offerings.


                                 Among her many industry honors, Ferro was named to Variety’s
                                 2018 Power of Women New York Impact list, honoring women
                                 across all aspects of the entertainment industry who are making
                                 an impact; in 2017, she recognized to The Hollywood Reporter’s
                                 Women in Entertainment Power 100, in addition to being featured
                                 on AdvertisingAge’s Women to Watch power list, which celebrates
                                 the most powerful women in advertising. In 2015, Ferro was
                                 selected as part of Multichannel News’ Wonder Women
                                 — “Women to Watch,” and for seven consecutive years (2012-18),
                                 Ferro has been named one of the Most Powerful and Influential
                                 Latinos by the Imagen Foundation. Most recently, The Mayor of
                                 New York City, Bill de Blasio and the Mayor’s Office of Media
                                 and Entertainment (MOME) Commissioner, Julie Menin appointed
                                 Ferro to the Latin Media and Entertainment Commission (LMEC)
                                 in efforts to cultivate the next generation of New York City-based
                                 Latinx media and entertainment professionals; promote enhanced
                                 Spanish language content on mainstream and emerging media
                                 platforms; attract and retain major Latinx media events in New
                                 York City; and expand the audience for premier Latinx cultural
                                 content in New York City.








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