🏆 2026 Alumni Awards | Alumni Achievement Award Congratulations to Brannon Tison ’12, recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award! Brannon Tison has built an extraordinary career creating unforgettable entertainment experiences for audiences around the world. After earning her Bachelor of Arts in Theater: Technical Design from Christopher Newport University in 2012, she joined Walt Disney World as an Entertainment Technician, where her creativity and technical expertise have helped bring some of Disney’s most iconic productions to life. During her career, Brannon spent nine years at Magic Kingdom as Crew Chief for Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular before serving as Nighttime Spectacular Operations Crew Chief at EPCOT, where she led the installation of lasers and pyrotechnics for the debut of Luminous: A Symphony of Us. Most recently, she accepted a Temporary Internal Assignment with Disney Signature Experiences as a Fireworks Designer, collaborating with Disney Cruise Line on The Disney...