JOE D'AMBROSIA

Vice President, Original Programming, Disney Junior | USA

As Vice President at Disney Junior, D'Ambrosia oversees production and creative development of entertainment and learning-based television properties including "Sofia the First," "Doc McStuffins," "Jake and the Never Land Pirates", and "Sheriff Callie's Wild West;" among others.

Prior to joining Disney Channel, D'Ambrosia produced and developed children's television programming and family films at Murray Hill 5 Productions, which he co-founded with partner Tom Teves. Together they developed, wrote and produced "Astro Boy" for Sony Pictures Television, and participated in several feature films and television series for various companies, such as The Learning Channel and Walt Disney Pictures.

Before Murray Hill 5 Productions, D'Ambrosia helped launch Sony Pictures Family Entertainment, overseeing the development and production of numerous family films and television series.

He began his career at Nickelodeon where he launched their family film division.