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Valerie Cockerell was born and raised in France where she graduated from Institut Pitiot-Lyon II with a degree in Business hospitality and joined Disneyland Paris in 1991. As a retail manager she ran multiple merchandise locations in the Resort division, and eventually joined the Merchandise Buying Office and oversaw the assortment planning for all Resort merchandise locations at Disneyland Paris. Moving to Florida in 1997, Valerie worked as the Assortment Planning Manager at Downtown Disney and Epcot Center and moved to Merchandise Brand Management for both Epcot and the Disney Cruise Line. She left the company and started consulting for outside organizations in the retail world, and returned to Disney in 2013 to become a contract facilitator for Disney Institute.  With her new book "Manage like a Mother" Valerie brings a simple to understand and easy-to-implement take on leadership inspired by a mother's playbook. Join us on the Authors Alley and follow Valerie at CockerellConsulting.com and on Instagram