Not long after Randy Freer stepped down as CEO of Hulu, Kelly Campbell got a call from Disney direct-to-consumer and international chairman Kevin Mayer.
He wanted the Hulu CMO to vie for the job as the streamer's president. Campbell's Feb. 25 appointment would kick off a whirlwind few months for the Maryland native, 42.
Mere hours into her new job, Bob Iger announced that Bob Chapek would replace him as Disney CEO. Seventeen days later, Hulu employees transitioned to work-from-home as the novel coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S.
And in May, Campbell got a new boss, former Disneyland Resort president Rebecca Campbell (no relation), as Mayer departed to become CEO of TikTok. "It has been a roller coaster," says Kelly Campbell, who is now.