Elizabeth KaltmanElizabeth Kaltman, who was director of global communications Walt Disney Studios died Jan. 10 after a two-year battle with colon cancer. She was 41.

She joined Disney after a five-year stint at the Motion Picture Assn. of Amerca.

Earlier, Kaltman was communications director for Los Angeles City Council member Wendy Greuel and Mayor James Hahn.

She also was a project manager for Rob Reiner's I Am Your Child foundation.

Husband Adam Barondess and daughter Lucy survive Kaltman.