Alan Keith (May 2011 - Present)

Alan Keith serves as the head of finance and strategy for the Walt Disney Animation Studio.  He has broad and deep experience as a finance executive in the entertainment industry, having previously served in senior level finance positions with ImageMovers Digital (Robert Zemeckis), LAIKA (Philip Knight), and Lucasfilm (George Lucas).  As a business executive in a creative industry, Alan participates in building creatively, culturally, and financially healthy organizations.

Alan has an extraordinary blend of technical, operational, financial, and strategic capabilities; he is a consistent and proven leader at work and in the community.  After receiving his Bachelor of Business Administration from Emory University, he began his career as a Staff Accountant with Price Waterhouse in Atlanta. He then migrated to Turner Broadcasting and worked his way eventually to Hollywood and the entertainment industry. He has a long and committed history of leadership roles in community service with LGBT organizations (serving on the Boards of Frameline and Academy of Friends) and outside the LGBT community (serving on the Board of Project Hired, whose charter is to help find jobs for people with disabilities).

Alan welcomes the opportunity to have a voice on issues that are central to his life and our society at large. He wants to participate in making change happen, particularly eliminating barriers and changing perceptions about the LGBT community.  He wants to lead by example-by being out at work and in his community, and by being an advocate for change as a member and leader within GLAAD.