In addition to her role as Vice President of Content Distribution UK and Nordics at Walt Disney, Dayna works with the PRIDE Disney network as co-Executive Sponsor to champion LGBTQ+ employees and raise awareness of key issues among and encourage support from senior executives. She provides mentorship and career development advice for Disney’s LGBTQ+ employees and cultivates opportunities for them to present PRIDE’s initiatives and LGBTQ+ issues enabling them to refine their executive and leadership skills. During her tenure as Executive co-sponsor, Disney’s notable progresses in the workplace includes the expansion from two local Pride employee resource group to five across Disney’s offices in Europe, introduction of gender-neutral toilets, use of pronouns in corporate profiles, the adoption and integration of gender-neutral language, and the use of specific LGBTQ+ examples in internal policies and with third-party vendors. Dayna’s passion for DEI sees her driving cultural change and an inclusive environment as demonstrated by curating, hosting, and moderating employee events such as ‘What it means to be an Ally,’ ‘National Coming Out Day: Being an Ally,’ ‘Understanding Bi Sexuality,’ ‘Trans Awareness,’ and ‘Journey of the Gay Rights Movement.’
