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.

• Expand and elevate internal and external multi-cultural presence through strategy, synergy, and innovation
• Create 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 The Walt Disney Company

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

• Enhanced newsroom efficiency by streamlining assignment processes and improving communication among teams.
• Assembled daily news assignments for reporters and photographers.
• Liaised with other departments, including sales and marketing, to align editorial content with company goals and objectives.
• Improved assignment tracking system by implementing new software solutions tailored specifically for the editorial team's needs.
• Elevated from weekend assignment editor to weekday senior assignment editor
• Led internship program for desk assistants and assignment desk

• Worked with producers to provide stories for the morning newscast
• Transcribed scripts for morning show reporters
• Worked the assignment desk for Today in New York