Marilu Galvez

As President and General Manager of WABC-TV, the nation’s number one local news station, I lead the strategic vision and operational success of the station, driving audience engagement, growth, and innovation across platforms. I oversee all facets of the station’s operations, ensuring excellence in journalism while fostering a dynamic and inclusive culture that embraces change and modernization.

• Direct and manage the overall operations to meet and exceed key performance indicators in ratings, audience reach, sales, revenue, and market share.
• Develop and implement content strategies that elevate WABC-TV’s presence as a leader in high-impact, localized journalism and multi-platform storytelling.
• Oversee the production and evolution of Live with Kelly and Mark, ensuring continued success as one of daytime television’s top-rated talk shows.
• Lead efforts to expand WABC-TV’s streaming and digital presence, enhancing audience accessibility and engagement.
• Champion data-driven decision-making to optimize multi-platform content and operational efficiency.
• Strengthen partnerships within Disney Media Entertainment and Distribution, Walt Disney Television, and the broader Walt Disney Company to drive collective growth and innovation.
• Serve as a representative and advocate for WABC-TV in the local community, fostering meaningful relationships with leaders and organizations.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop a diverse leadership team, ensuring continued professional growth and operational excellence.

• Company Overview: Vice President of Community Engagement and Development for The Walt Disney Company's ABC Owned Television Stations WABC-TV, the nation's number one local news station
• Her leadership helps to expand and elevate internal and external multi-cultural presence through strategy, synergy, and innovation
• Galvez is the Committee Lead for Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution (DMED) Networks Diversity Equity and Inclusion team
• Creates new community outreach efforts and growing existing relationships with organizations in the market
• Aligns news, programming, marketing, and talent with cause-related events and campaigns and leverage opportunities to have efforts supported by advertisers
• Expands synergy opportunities between the ABC Owned Television Stations and Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution
• Expands community campaigns and key areas of engagement by developing new partnerships across the stations and networks
• Collaborates with the DMED Networks President and WABC-TV General Manager to identify greater audience outreach in key counties to enhance audience development efforts across DMED Networks
• Modernizes existing community campaigns, events, and special projects
• Develops and collaborates content with the Localish team to stream across OTV
• Works with the Race and Culture unit for diversity, equality, and inclusion initiatives
• Develops new advertiser opportunities tied to station initiatives
• Boosts talent participation in community events
• Management of community outreach team
• Leads a group of 16 colleagues across the DMED Networks
• Works closely with the DMED Networks President on achieving the pillars set forth by Disney's CEO Bob Chapek
• Expands synergy opportunities throughout the DMED networks
• Cultivates more opportunities for employees focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Fosters external outreach opportunities across DMED Networks
• Vice President of Community Engagement and Development for The Walt Disney Company's ABC Owned Television Stations WABC-TV, the nation's number one local news station
• Her leadership helps to expand and elevate internal and external multi-cultural presence through strategy, synergy, and innovation
• Galvez is the Committee Lead for Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution (DMED) Networks Diversity Equity and Inclusion team

• Worked with the Managing Editor to assign stories to the reporters for newscasts
• Created original content for all newscasts
• Provided guidance and set up elements needed for stories of the day
• Worked closely with reporters to ensure content was factual

• Led multiple departments in the newsroom, including the assignment desk, producers, writers and editors
• Oversaw the editorial content of Eyewitness News broadcasts and digital site
• Assigned dayside reporters to stories and approved scripts before airing content on broadcast and ABC7NY website
• Management of content team across Eyewitness News

• Assigned stories for the 11 pm newscast and assisted reporters in setting up elements needed for their stories
• Maneuvered crews to breaking news
• Worked to provide the latest information on stories for air
• Worked with producers to provide stories for the morning newscast
• Transcribed scripts for morning show reporters
• Worked the weekend dayside shift as the main assignment editor

• Worked full-time freelance for all newscasts
• Worked on setting up stories
• Provided updated information to reporters on stories of the day

• Worked the weekend dayside shift as the main assignment editor
• Transcribed scripts for morning show reporters
• Assisted the 11 pm assignment editor on stories
• Cut scripts for the anchors in the 11 pm newscast

• Worked on setting up stories for dayside reporters
• Assisted in writing for the 11 pm newscast
• Field produced daily