Location Chicago, Illinois, United States Regions Greater Chicago Area, Great Lakes, Midwestern US Gender Female
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Her accomplishments include the launch of several major businesses, including the Disney Cruise Line, Disney’s Wide World of Sports, and Disney’s All-Star Resorts, as well as managing significant challenges such as the company’s response to the events of September 11, 2001 and leadership of the operations command center during three hurricane
strikes to Central Florida in the summer of 2004. Ms. Higgins published an article about this experience in the Cornell Quarterly.
Barbara serves as a member of the executive committee for the board of the Lincoln Park Zoo, participated in the 2009-2011 Emerging Leaders Program with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and is a member of DeVry University’s National Advisory Board.
Barbara earned her bachelor of science from Cornell University’s Hotel School, where she ran cross country and track competitively, earning All-East and All-Ivy honors in track & field. She earned her Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business.
