managing director of Disney Parks International, supervising Tokyo Disney Resort, Disneyland Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland, and Shanghai Disney Resort. On September 28, 2020, D'Amaro announced the difficult decision to lay off over 28,000 employees in the parks division, many of them being part-time workers. D'Amaro cited the uncertainty of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as well as California's continued reluctance to reopen Disneyland as factors. Nearly 6,700 Central Florida employees, including almost 6,500 Disney World workers, were also among those laid off. On October 13, 2020, Disney CEO and former Disney Park, Experiences and Products head Bob Chapek agreed to keep Disney World at only 25% capacity until the Center For Disease Control (CDC) issued new guidance and also stated that with regards to reopening Disneyland, "It's not much of a negotiation. It's pretty much a mandate that we stay closed." Disneyland Resort was finally allowed to reopen on April 30, 2021, after a 412-day closure. Historically, Imagineering and certain other Disney units merged into DPEP were physically headquartered in the Los Angeles metropolitan area (near the Walt Disney Company's film and television divisions)—even as the rapid growth of Walt Disney World meant that by the start of the 21st century, most Disney U.S. domestic theme park jobs were based in Florida, not California. In July 2021, it was reported that approximately 2,000 DPEP positions would be transferred over the next couple of years to a new 60-acre corporate campus in the Lake Nona area of Orlando, Florida, and it was later reported that fall that as many as 90% of the transferred positions would be Imagineering positions. The relocation was reportedly motivated in part by $570 million in tax breaks from the state of Florida, as well as Florida's business-friendly climate, lower cost of living, and lack of a state income tax. Leadership Josh D'Amaro, Chairman Lisa Becket, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing Barbara Bouza, President, Walt Disney Imagineering Jill Estorino, President and Managing Director, Disney Parks International George Gross, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Walt Disney Attractions Japan Michael Moriarty, Managing Director, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort Natacha Rafalski, Présidente, Disneyland Paris Joe Schott, President and General Manager, Shanghai Disney Resort Gail Evans, Executive Vice President, Chief Digital and Technology Officer Tasia Filippatos, President, Consumer Products, Games and Publishing Tami Garcia, Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Diversity and Inclusion Margaret Giacalone, Chief Counsel Alannah Hall-Smith, Senior Vice President,