Crofton joined Disney in 1977 as a marketing manager with
Vista-United Telecommunications, a company subsidiary that provided telecommunication services to the Florida resort. After a brief period away from the organization, she re-joined Vista-United in 1981 as operations manager. In 1984, she became manager of The Golf Resort (later called The Disney Inn), a hotel that is now
Shades of Green, a military resort operated by the
U.S. Department of Defense at
Walt Disney World Resort. Crofton later became the resort's vice president of human resources and spent five years as senior vice president of human resources and organizational improvement. In 2002 she was promoted to executive vice president of human resources for
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, the division of
The Walt Disney Company that operates its theme parks, resort hotels, cruise line and other vacation businesses worldwide. Crofton was promoted to her last position, which includes oversight of Disneyland and
Disneyland Paris, in wake of the retirement of Al Weiss, president of worldwide operations for all of Disney parks and resorts. She is getting part of his duties. Crofton's promotion was announced on July 5 by the
Orlando Sentinel. Previously, she was the president of Walt Disney World. She was succeeded by
George Kalogridis. It was announced January 9, 2013, Crofton would be stepping down from her post to become president of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Operations, U.S. and France. On December 9, 2014, it was announced that Crofton would be retiring on June 1, 2015. ==References==