Walt Disney World Co.

Shannon McAleavey serves as the Vice President of Government Relations for the Walt Disney World Co. In that role, she manages the federal, state, and local legislative strategy for the company. Prior to joining Walt Disney World, she worked for Darden Restaurants, the largest casual dining company in the world, as Director of Government and Community Affairs where she was responsible for issue management and advocacy at the federal, state and local levels. She also served as the Managing Director of the Darden Foundation where she was responsible for developing and implementing the strategic plan for the company's Foundation. She also worked for Florida State Representative Bill Sublette and Orange County Mayor Richard Crotty when he was the Orange County Property Appraiser. Shannon served as the Chairman of the Florida Restaurant Association in 2004 and serves on the Orange County Arts and Cultural Advisory Board, the Executive Board of the Orlando Museum of Art, the Orlando Chamber of Commerce BusinessForce Board and was the Mayor's Appointee to the Orange County Charter Review Commission. She earned her master's and bachelor's degrees from the University of Florida. She is married to Tom McAleavey, a corporate and securities partner at Holland and Knight and has a 10 month old son, Mack.

Tom Ward, Vice President Operations - Tom is EMMI's point person as it relates to overall event operations. He is the manager of our state of the art timing system, known as ChampionChip. Tom also does all course creation and measurement under USATF certification guidelines. As Technical Director of the Walt Disney World Marathon he is in charge of all staffing and course details which includes all coordination of security, transportation and volunteers. The logistical guru is EMMI's lead in coordinating the Inaugural Disneyland Half Marathon scheduled for September 17, 2006. A Rollins College graduate, (B.A. in Psychology, 1982), Tom has been with EMMI for 19 years, and in his time as a runner has participated in more than 25 marathons, including the Boston Marathon (8 times).

Terry Thomas, Operations Manager and Assistant Accompanist, has been an integral part of The Orlando Chorale since 2003. He spent 2 seasons as the accompanist before taking the position of assistant accompanist and beginning to lend his voice to the bass section in both The Chorale and The Orlando Chamber Singers. From 2000-2005 Terry was the music director of the Orlando Gay Chorus, a group that came to national and international attention under his leadership. With that group he toured to San Jose, CA and Montreal, Canada. Terry's day job finds him working as the Global Performance and Training Manager for Walt Disney World where he is responsible for training all cast members for successful employment at the entertainment giant. A veteran of amusement park entertainment, Thomas has also coached and performed at Universal Studios Florida and Cedar Point Amusement Park in Ohio. Thomas has served as the music director, accompanist and performer in dozens of musical theatre productions, having appeared in theatres in Florida, the Mid-West, and in Kuwait where he was the performing arts coordinator at the American School of Kuwait. Most recently he was seen in Mad Cow Theatre's production of Kid Simple. He has also taught musical theatre for Orlando Ballet. Terry Thomas holds both an M.M. and B.M. in music education from Indiana State University. His major instrument was clarinet with a minor in piano and an emphasis in vocal music education.

Carole is the true definition of a "Renaissance Woman." She is a talented make-up artist and hair stylist, facepainter and balloon twister. She is also an accomplished and internationally known belly dance performer and instructor, as well as a fire eater. She performs regularly at Walt Disney World and the Gaylord Palms Hotel and teaches makeup at Full Sail, School for Film, Art Design, Music and Media Production in Winter Park, FL. Carole is the vendor Room and Entertainment Coordinator. She will also be teaching a class on "Crazy Hair."

Harold L. Hill, MBA is an independent organization development consultant. He provides services in the areas of strategic planning, change management, group process and facilitation, team building, and performance management. Experimental learning theory serves as the theoretical foundation of his work. He has over 15 years' corporate experience, and has consulted to such notable organizations as ComEd, the Illinois Facilities Fund, and the Chicago Youth Center. He is an OSD faculty member and a member of NTL. Currently, he is an internal consultant with Walt Disney World in Orlando.

A long-time cast member at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Ivan Diaz, P.E., understands the importance of family entertainment. Diaz, a senior engineer at Walt Disney World, serves as a member of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and the National Society of Professional Engineers, and provides engineering for Walt Disney World's ride control systems. Through a collaborative effort, he ensures that Disney attractions are brought to millions of guests each year safely and efficiently. In fact, Diaz served as a key member of the team that recently enhanced the popular Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Diaz also plays an important part of the attractions that few riders ever consider, such as co-authoring the (pending) patent for the Automated Attraction and Ride Maintenance System, which verifies ride availability and improves maintenance efficiency. Recognized with the Walt Disney World Resort Partners in Excellence Lifetime Achievement Award, Diaz has made significant contributions to the opening of the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort by mentoring local engineers there, and influencing international engineering and standards compliance, among other things. While in Hong Kong, he also volunteered in the community with the non-profit corporation Crossroads International. Domestically, he mentors middle and high school students through the FIRST, and FIRST Lego League programs, in which science, math, and teamwork are used to solve problems. Other volunteer efforts include Habitat for Humanity, Give Kids the World (Make-a-Wish) and the Christopher Columbus Foundation. He also maintains his own ideas of making math and science fun at home. Each Halloween, he uses creative techniques and spends dozens of hours turning his garage into a free haunted house for neighborhood children. He also finds time for volleyball, paintball, home improvements, pursuing an MBA, and preparing to be a dad.

With his unmatched dedication and passion for the travel industry, Jason Rhen established WEGO Marketing Solutions, Inc. to fill a need by creating the only full-service website, marketing and business solution provider for the industry. He combines an extensive hospitality industry experience with that of a qualified and experienced team to bring the best in quality and customer care to the clients of WEGO Marketing Solutions, Inc. It is his desire to offer a wide-range of products to his clients in the travel industry at competitive prices, while maintaining professionalism, integrity and quality customer care. Jason Rhen has held executive positions at several companies in the travel industry including The Mark Travel Corporation, US Airways Vacations, US Airways, Air Tran Airways, Holiday Inn, Walt Disney World and Eastwind Airlines. He is a graduate of the College of Aeronautics and College of Business at The Florida Institute of Technology where he earned a degree in Aviation Management and Flight Technology.

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The Teal Sound Drum & Bugle Corps is pleased to announce the hiring of Mr. John Campese as its 2009 Percussion Supervisor/Caption Head. A lifelong central Florida resident, Mr. Campese also has a long and distinguished drum corps history, marching with the Leathernecks, Florida Vanguards, Anaheim Kingsmen and Suncoast Sound. In 1989, Campese was a founding member of Magic of Orlando. He has also served as percussion instructor/caption head for such corps as Suncoast Sound, Boston Crusaders, Yokohama Inspires (Japan) and, of course, Magic of Orlando. For 18 years Campese has served as a performer/arranger with Walt Disney World. He is perhaps best remembered as one of the performers in the powerhouse Future Corps. Mr. Campese is also the founder and director of the current WGI World Percussion Finalist, Infinity Percussion from Orlando, FL.

Sing Live USA is honored to have Kevin Miles on the team. We welcome him and we celebrate his outstanding contribution.This multi-talented entertainer, musician, voice-over artist, producer and technical sound consultant brings a powerhouse of expertise to Sing Live. In fact, Kevin has accomplished so much in his career to date and brought so much to Sing Live USA, we feel our community is enriched far beyond the music we make. Kevin's skill and power as a vocal coach for Sing Live USA comes with a legacy like no other. Kevin has been an entertainer at Walt Disney World since 1983 when he joined the Voices of Liberty, EPCOT's premiere a cappella vocal ensemble where he performed daily for 21 years as a director and bass singer of the group. You can currently see Kevin singing with the "Dapper Dans" a barbershop quartet on Main St. USA in the Magic Kingdom. Kevin has toured with Platinum, the 2000 International Quartet Champions of the Barbershop Harmony Society. Nationally known as Miles and Webb, Kevin is one half of a duo singing for conventions and churches across America. All that experience - performance techniques - musical expertise - has been channeled into vocal coaching Sing Live USA. Kevin's ability to enthuse the company and create our fabulous choral sound is delivered with warmth and humor and is amazing to watch. And that's just part of the story. Kevin's voice does far more than sing! He is a renown voice over artist (known as the "voice" of Walt Disney World) you can hear him making announcements throughout all four theme parks. Kevin is also Sound Director for Sing Live USA. Kevin owns Windfall Recording, Inc. specializing in voice overs and choral recording and is a sound consultant for many musical organizations throughout Florida.

Neil J. Sellers is president of N.J. Sellers & Company. Sellers works extensively with businesses and industries in the United States, Canada and Europe to develop strategic business plans and provide professional consultation services. In addition, he frequently addresses state, regional, national and international trade associations on the topic of strategic planning. Sellers has more than 20 years of successful business experience with companies such as Walt Disney World, Johnson & Johnson and the Billy Graham Association. While with Walt Disney World, Sellers served on the planning and analysis staff, where he was a key member of the project development team involved with construction of the $1 billion EPCOT Center project. A licensed affiliate of the Professional Management Institute, Sellers is also certified by the National Bureau of Certified Consultants, Inc., as a Certified Professional Consultant to Management.

Rick McKee (Tulsa, OK) is a senior music composition major at Oklahoma City University and is already making his musical mark with entertainment giants all around the world. Rick began making his music known to Disney fans during his freshman year at OCU by composing the theme song for a popular Disney fan website, "Visions Fantastic". From his exposure there, he was asked to compose the 2006 Disney Music Convention theme song. It was then when composer and producer Jonathan Barr (who also happened to be Rick's favorite Disney composer) discovered Rick's work and hired him to compose and produce music for his production company, The Imagination House. Through The Imagination House, Rick was hired to compose the theme song for the Disney Cruise Line, "Adventures Away" and from this, composed the theme song for Norwegian Cruise Line as well. Rick composed "Our Halloween Party" for Tokyo Disneyland's 2007 Halloween Parade and arranged a portion of their castle forecourt show, "Super Duper Jumpin' Time". He has also composed and produced music for the Jenks, Oklahoma Centennial Celebration, wrote an arrangement for country music legend, Bryan White's new CD, composed for the Miss Oklahoma Pageant, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, and writes regularly for the OCU Orchestra. More recently, Rick composed and scored the music for the OCU motion picture, "Unsolved", and through the Imagination House, sequenced and arranged the music for a musical produced by Macy's which is set to debut at Macy's in New York City in late November. Two of his latest projects with the Imagination House have been for Seaworld. One show will open during the holidays and will feature Rick's gospel arrangement of "The First Noel" for the Dolphin, Whale/Trainer ballet. The other is a dramatic, indoor theater production called "A'lure: The Call of the Ocean", written and produced by the Imagination House with a score by Mike Avila, Jeff Smith (two of Rick's over favorite composers and arrangers) and Rick. He is currently working on music for a new parade at Walt Disney World, which is set to premiere in 2009. Upon his graduation in May, Rick will be returning to Orlando to take a full-time position with the Imagination House as Associate Music Producer. To read more about Rick's projects and to hear samples of his work, check out his website below!

Abrams is the Richardson Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law. The former dean of the law schools at Northeastern, Rutgers and Nova Universities, Professor Abrams has taught Sports Law since 1985 and is the author of four books on baseball, covering issues of sports economics, law, social history, and game theory. Professor Abrams has served as a Major League Baseball salary arbitrator since 1986, and has set the salaries for baseball players such as Johnny Damon, Edgar Renteria and Ron Darling. Professor Abrams first worked with the Center for the Study of Sport in Society in 2003 to celebrate the centennial of the First World Series, which took place at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, now part of the Northeastern campus.

Simran is a commerce & business graduate with a Diploma in Hospitality management from Switzerland. She is involved with every aspect of CDL's business. Prior to joining CDL, Simran has worked with Walt Disney World, Orlando and a leading Indian entertainment company for 7 years.

Sonia B. Beard, Director, 35, Sonia B. Beard is a Florida Certified Public Accountant working for Walt Disney World since 1997. She currently holds the position as the Manager of Concept Development for the Revenue Lines of Business of Walt Disney World. Ms. Beard has in excess of twelve years financial experience. She is an outside director and serves as the Chairperson and Financial Expert of the Board of Directors' Audit Committee.