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Debra OConnell Rises to Chairman of U.S. Entertainment TV for Disney as Creative Chief Dana Walden Unveils Her Executive Team

By Brian Steinberg Mar 16, 2026 | 3:57 PM

UPDATED: Debra OConnell, a longtime Disney business executive who has overseen the financial structures of many of the company’s best-known TV properties, has been named chairman of Disney’s entertainment-TV operations, a new role that makes her the central creative leader across the company’s U.S. broadcast, cable and streaming properties. The move for OConnell is a key […]