New DVC General Manager

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Just got this in my email.......

Hello DVC Members!

It is my pleasure to announce that Bill Diercksen, a longtime leader with Disney, has been promoted to head up Disney Vacation Club as its new senior vice president and general manager. He follows in the footsteps of Terri Schultz, who many of you have gotten to know and who has done a tremendous job of leading the team.

Terri, I’m pleased to say, is moving into another very important role within our organization, serving as senior vice president of Commercial Strategy for all of our Disney Signature Experiences businesses, including DVC. Her extensive background in operations, strategic planning and finance makes her an ideal executive to lead this significant body of work as we grow and innovate in the years ahead.

I’ll tell you that Bill is an extraordinary leader as well – and no stranger to Disney Vacation Club. He is the perfect person to usher DVC into the future. A 20-year Cast Member, Bill most recently served as vice president of finance for our Disney Signature Experiences portfolio of vacation experiences after working for several years as a director at Disney Vacation Club. Some of you may have spoken to Bill at the annual condominium association meetings, aboard the Member Cruises and at Moonlight Magic events, where he has always enjoyed meeting with Member families.

Bill is very passionate about DVC and is absolutely dedicated to delivering the most magical Member and Guest experiences while bringing new perspectives and creativity to our organization. I know that he will continue to chart a course for success at DVC and build on the many strides that Terri and the team accomplished over the past few years.

Thank you for allowing Disney Vacation Club to serve you and to be a part of your lives. We appreciate you and your families and can’t wait to welcome you home soon.

With gratitude and excitement for the future,

Thomas Mazloum
President, Disney Signature Experiences
 
Just got this in my email.......

Hello DVC Members!

It is my pleasure to announce that Bill Diercksen, a longtime leader with Disney, has been promoted to head up Disney Vacation Club as its new senior vice president and general manager. He follows in the footsteps of Terri Schultz, who many of you have gotten to know and who has done a tremendous job of leading the team.

Terri, I’m pleased to say, is moving into another very important role within our organization, serving as senior vice president of Commercial Strategy for all of our Disney Signature Experiences businesses, including DVC. Her extensive background in operations, strategic planning and finance makes her an ideal executive to lead this significant body of work as we grow and innovate in the years ahead.

I’ll tell you that Bill is an extraordinary leader as well – and no stranger to Disney Vacation Club. He is the perfect person to usher DVC into the future. A 20-year Cast Member, Bill most recently served as vice president of finance for our Disney Signature Experiences portfolio of vacation experiences after working for several years as a director at Disney Vacation Club. Some of you may have spoken to Bill at the annual condominium association meetings, aboard the Member Cruises and at Moonlight Magic events, where he has always enjoyed meeting with Member families.

Bill is very passionate about DVC and is absolutely dedicated to delivering the most magical Member and Guest experiences while bringing new perspectives and creativity to our organization. I know that he will continue to chart a course for success at DVC and build on the many strides that Terri and the team accomplished over the past few years.

Thank you for allowing Disney Vacation Club to serve you and to be a part of your lives. We appreciate you and your families and can’t wait to welcome you home soon.

With gratitude and excitement for the future,

Thomas Mazloum
President, Disney Signature Experiences
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I am not sure how much Terry was involved in the decisions regarding point reallocations and tax refunds, but I'm not sorry of seeing her go.
Bill is a 100% finance guy, expect good numbers from him, not better experience.
 
I am not sure how much Terry was involved in the decisions regarding point reallocations and tax refunds, but I'm not sorry of seeing her go.
Bill is a 100% finance guy, expect good numbers from him, not better experience.
Agreed. I didn't care for Terri's management of DVC but nothing in Bill's resume points to anything other than more pennypinching and reduced owner experiences.

How long before they institute another round of resale restrictions?
 
My hope is that they did this now before a positive announcement comes out in order to start him out looking good (return of Moonlight Magic, new benefit, something....anything). Not holding my breath and not expecting anything new but fingers crossed.
 
Well , it says he is a 20 year cast member.:rolleyes1
This means he will do what Disney wants, he wants to retire from Disney. He will do what is good for Disney.
Like him or not ,Jim Lewis had NO intentions staying with Disney. He came to make DVC a public success then move on.
 
As hard as it has been to be optimistic with Disney, I want to at least give him a shot. Not all bean counters are bad 🙄🙄

I agree! I am in finance (specifically in sales) and not every decision in finance comes down to numbers... sometimes good will ends up producing more sales - Someone who has been in finance this long hopefully understands that!
I am hopeful for the change!
 
Only thing to add is that things like resale restrictions and membership magic fall under DVD and not DVC.

Seems like he has a lot of experience but how that will help in terms of DVC management I do not know. We shall see how it goes.
 

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