Jo DiSante is a vice president of Current Programing at ABC Entertainment, where she oversees the
creative content and production of numerous primetime series including current series The Good Doctor and The Rookie. She also provides creative and strategic support for ABC News and
facilitates synergy initiatives between current shows and other business units across The Walt Disney Company.
DiSante started at ABC in 2006 as an executive in the Office of the President of the Entertainment Group before joining the Current Programming Department in 2011. An advocate for representation and inclusion, she drove the development and implementation of the ABC Inclusion Standards and co-chairs a grassroots, employee-driven task force that works to find tactical solutions to address the complexities around granting access, creating opportunity and increasing inclusion in our content and in our workplace. DiSante also represents television executives on the Television Academy’s Board of Governors, she’s an executive champion for The Bond, the Black Employee Resource Group at the Walt Disney Company, and she’s the executive sponsor of Women@Disney’s
peer mentor circles program.