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APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT
Name (Last, First): ALEMAN, LUIS
Business Name: DISNEYLAND RESORT
Business Address: TEAM DISNEY ANAHEIM 700 W Ball Rd, Anaheim CA 92802
Job Title: SENIOR MA NAGER-EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Telephone Number:
Fax Number:
Email Address: [email protected]
Reason(s) you are interested in serving on the WDB:
Workforce development is key to the Disneyland Resort. We are heavily invested in ensuring that Anaheim residents are best equipped to meet the needs of a changing workforce. As a senior manager for external affairs, my duties include partnering with our community partners and businesses. The workforce development board is key in ensuring the continued partnership between Disneyland Resort and the Anaheim community.
Qualifications or experience that would benefit the WDB (Please attach a bio/resume):
I’ve spent the last 10 years working in and around the Anaheim community. Prior to my employment at the Disneyland Resort, I worked for the Orange County Labor Federation for six and-a-half years. As part of that job, my duties included working with business, labor, and communities on workforce development issues such as workforce housing, apprenticeship programs, re-entry programs, and work education programs. I am attaching my resume along with this application
Other community involvement:
From 2018 to 2021, I served as a parks and recreation commissioner for the City of Santa Ana.
Signed: Luis Aleman Date: 1/03/26
Luis Aleman
Experience:
Disneyland Resort
Senior Manager-External Affairs (April 2025-Present)
Work with labor, business, and community partners to develop stronger relations with the Disneyland Resort.
Orange County Labor Federation
Political Director (February 1,2019- Present)
Devise and execute political agenda and plan for central labor council. Work on member-to-member communications and independent expenditure work. Design mail pieces and social media ads for political messaging. Work with over 95 affiliates to craft ordinan ces and legislation at the city, county, state, and federal level.
Consistent engagement with local, state, and federal elected officials.
California Young Democrats Labor Caucus
Vice Chair (July 2022-Present)
Identify pro-labor candidates for the caucus to support in the form of donations, canvassing, and phone banks.
Work with statewide labor unions to support important legislative priorities in Sacramento. Fundraise for the caucus to meet its political priorities.
California Democratic Party
Region 19 Director (May 2023-Present)
Recruit candidates to run for local and state office across 5 assembly districting covering Orange County, Los Angeles County, and San Bernardino County. A voting member of the California Democr atic Party Executive Board who votes on endorsements for candidates, state legislation, and party policy positions.
City of Santa Ana
Parks and Recreations Commissioner (August 2018-January 2021) Work with city staff and city council memb ers to fund and expand parks, youth services, and public spaces in the city of Santa Ana.
Attend public events throughout the city to promote the work of the Parks and Recreation Department.
Orange County Voter Information Project
Field Director (August 2018-February 2019)
Manage 45 canvassers across 4 battleground congressional districts. Develop messaging, scripts, training, canvassi ng turfs, and material s for canvassers and organizers.
Workers with various independent expenditu res groups to coordinate volunteers and turnout operations.
Omar Siddiqui For Congress
Campaign Manager (August 2017-June 2018)
Manage a grassroots political operation that raised over 1,000,000 dollars. Organize volunteers, canvassers, house parties, and campaign events. Manage candidate fundraising, event schedule, and debate practice.
Beatriz Mendoza for School Board
Campaign Manager/ Fundraiser- (Aug 2016-Nov 2016)
Organizing volunteers, mailers, scheduling, and day-to-day operations. Help fundraise close to $20,000 in under three months. Extensive grassroots operations and NGP VAN use.
Joe Dunn For Congress
Latino outreach Director (September 2015- June 2016)
Organize community events for the Senator to attend across Congressional District 46. Manage a volunteer team of 15 canvassers in Santa Ana. Design Spanish literature and mail pieces aimed at Latino voters.
Irvine Living Wage Initiative
Chair (June 2015- December 2015)
Fundraise over 35,000 dollars to get the campaign and signature process running. Extensive experience in referendums, petition making process, and organizing. Managing over 100 volunteers and supporters.
Irvine Community News and Views
Logistic and Advertisement Director (December 2014-September 2015) Manage distribution and circulation of over 50,000 units monthly. Maintain websites regularly and update online content in a timely manner. Engage with business for ad revenue.
Larry Agran for Irvine City Council 2014
Deputy Campaign Manager (June 2014-November 2014)
Organize Get Out the vote Operations, volunteers, and strategy. Extensive experience with PDI and NGP VAN.
Carolyn Inmon for Irvine School Board
Deputy Campaign Manager (April 2014-June 2014)
Coordinate with volunteers through Get Out the Vote Effort. Organize events, fundraisers, and social media campaigns. Extensive community building skills and experience.
Skills
Extensive graphic design experience designing political mailers, social media advertising, and short-form video advertising.
10 years of experience using Political Data Inc. (PDI). This experience includes creating voter universes, mailing universes, and targeted phone banks and texting lists. Bilingual communication skills including spoken and written translation from Spanish to English and from English to Spanish.
10 years of experience working with local, state, and federal officials to help craft ordinances and legislation.
References
Gloria Alvarado, Orange County Labor Federation Executive Director- Chris Duncan, San Clemente Mayor-
Thomas Steel, California State Assembly Chief of Staff -
100 S. Anaheim Blvd., Suite 345A, Anaheim, CA 92805 T (714) 758-0222 AnaheimChamber.org
March 27, 2026
Marco Lucero
Executive Director
Anaheim Workforce Development Board
201 S. Anaheim Blvd., Suite 1001
Anaheim, California 92805
RE: Nomination of Luis Aleman (Disneyland Resort) to Workforce Development Board
Dear Mr. Lucero:
On behalf of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, I am pleased to nominate Luis Aleman, Senior Manager of External Affairs at the Disneyland Resort, for appointment to the Anaheim Workforce Development Board. In that role, he works with business, labor, and community partners on behalf of Anaheim’s largest employer.
The Disneyland Resort plays a leading role in Anaheim’s workforce development through the vast number of people it employs. To maximize effectiveness in efforts for strategic planning and workforce policies in Anaheim, it is vital to have the Disneyland Resort as an active participant. His fluency in both English and Spanish help him better communicate in our diverse Anaheim community.
Mr. Aleman has past experience with city government commissions, having served on the Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Commission, where he worked with City staff and elected officials to expand that city’s parks, public spaces, and youth programs.
Mr. Aleman has extensive political experience having served as Political Director of the Orange County Labor Federation, where he developed and executed strategic political initiatives for the central labor council on behalf of over 95 affiliated unions , including mail pieces and social media ads for political messaging, member -to-member and independent expenditure work, and engagement with elected officials.
He was also Region 19 Director for the California Democratic Party, where he recruited candidates for elected office in three counties and was a voting member of the Party’s executive board, where he voted on endorsements of candidates, legislation, and pa rty policy positions. He was Vice Chair of the California Young Democrats Labor Caucus, where he helped raise funds, canvas, and phone bank for pro-labor candidates for elected office, as well as advocate for pro-labor state legislative priorities. He has extensive political campaign experience having worked directly for candidates at the Congressional, city, and school board levels, as well as on ballot measures and independent expenditures.
With his experience at the Disneyland Resort , on a local government commission, and in labor organizations, I am confident Luis Aleman will bring unique perspectives to the Workforce Development Board.
Sincerely,
Dara Maleki
President and CEO
Anaheim Chamber of Commerce