Steve Milovich

Steve Milovich

Steve Milovich was named senior vice president of human resources for Disney/ABC Television Group on February 27, 2009.  Prior to this position, Steve was senior vice president of corporate human resources, organization and leadership development for The Walt Disney Company, with 140,000 employees.  In that position, he had worldwide responsibility for learning, leadership development, organization development, succession planning, diversity, employee communications, talent acquisition and The Disney University. He also had overall human resources responsibility for Corporate Headquarters, The Walt Disney Internet Group and The Media Technology Board.

Before joining Disney, Steve served as senior vice president of human capital for Walker Digital, which developed Priceline.com. He helped create a West Coast presence for the firm, including the development of three startup companies in California. Before that, he held a number of global executive positions in human resources with AlliedSignal/Honeywell International during Lawrence Bossidy's tenure as chairman and CEO. This included serving as vice president of global human resources for the $15 billion Performance Products and Solutions division, with its more than 70,000 employees and operations in 40 countries. At AlliedSignal/Honeywell, he also led several large-scale change management engagements and played a key leadership role in the startup and expansion of operations in Europe and Asia, including Shanghai; Tokyo; Bucharest, Romania; Atessa, Italy; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and California.

Prior to joining AlliedSignal/Honeywell, Steve served as senior vice president of human resources for Broadway Stores Inc., where he helped lead the turnaround and subsequent merger into the Federated Department Stores organization. He also held a number of increasingly responsible executive positions in human resources at PepsiCo, including leading the executive and employee development functions for Pepsi-Cola North America.

Steve began his career at United States Steel Corporation, holding management positions in employee and labor relations.

He has conducted a variety of organization and executive development workshops and programs during his career. He has also served as an executive coach and mentor to numerous executives in the United States, Asia and Europe, helping them improve both their personal and their organization's effectiveness.

Steve is an adjunct professor in the graduate school of business at Pepperdine University, in Malibu, Calif. He serves as a member of the board of directors for The Center for Healthy Aging in Santa Monica, Calif., and for Versant, a not-for-profit health care education and training company based in Los Angeles. Steve is also a pro bono consultant to the CEO of Children's Hospital Los Angeles and also serves on the University of Southern California's Center for Effective Organizations Advisory Board.

He earned a bachelor's degree in economics, cum laude, from Utah State University and is a graduate of the Presidential/Key Executive MBA program at Pepperdine University.