Rosalyn Durant returned to ESPN in March 2023 as executive vice president, programming & acquisitions, leading programming, media rights deals, ESPN+, ESPN International, Andscape and espnW. Durant spent the past three years as senior vice president of Disney Springs, Water Parks, and ESPN Wide World of Sports, playing a critical role in helping restart the 2019-20 NBA season in the “Bubble” at ESPN Wide World of Sports during the pandemic.

Prior to her stint with Disney Parks, Durant most recently served as senior vice president of ESPN’s College Networks, overseeing ESPNU, SEC Network and Longhorn Network, and was a central member of the cross-functional leadership team that successfully launched the ACC Network. 

Durant’s 24-year Disney and ESPN career features numerous honors, including making Sports Business Journal's 2019 Power Player list and Savoy Magazine’s 2020 Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America. Durant was named a 2020 Multichannel News Wonder Woman, honored as a Charlotte Business Journal Women in Business Award winner in 2020 and recognized on CableFax lists for their Most Powerful Women (2017, 2018, 2019) and Most Influential Minorities (2018, 2019), as well as Sports Business Journal’s 40 under 40 in 2015. 

She is a member of The Walt Disney Company's CEO Diversity and Inclusion Council and sits on the executive committee for the board of directors of the T. Howard Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing diversity in the multimedia and entertainment industry.