Chris Caracci, MA, MBA
After 12 years as a nationally Board Registered Respiratory Therapist with extensive clinical, managerial, and administrative experience at large hospitals in both Miami and Atlanta, Chris began his Walt Disney World® career in 1989. After various operational and management roles in park, retail, and food and beverage operations, Chris eventually taught a variety of educational programming at the Disney University.
Chris temporarily left the Disney organization in the early 1990s to travel to Europe and obtain a Master of Arts degree in non-profit leadership. He returned with a personal commitment to provide voluntary management and leadership services within the non-profit industry in Central Florida. Simultaneously, he returned to the Disney organization, resuming his full-time work facilitating educational programming.
In 2000, after further obtaining an MBA in management, Chris transitioned into his present role at Disney Institute with the Professional Development Programs facilitation team. Additionally, he has been an adjunct faculty member, an online course instructor, and past chairperson for the Marketing and Management Department at Florida Metropolitan University in Orlando, Florida.
Chris has an earned MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College (Winter Park, Florida), both BA and MA degrees in non-profit leadership from the University of Louvain (Louvain, Belgium), a BS degree in biology from St. Meinrad College (St. Meinrad, Indiana), and both AA and AS degrees from Miami-Dade College, School of Allied Health Sciences in respiratory therapy technology (Miami, Florida).
Disney Institute is devoted to inspiring individuals and organizations to strive for excellence. The Disney Institute curriculum was built upon the principles which made Walt Disney and the company that bears his name world famous: Leadership, People Management, Customer Service, Brand Loyalty, and Creativity.
