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Designing Wizard

Mark Woodbury
Mark Woodbury
Universal Creative

President / Orlando

As the summer made clear, Mark Woodbury, president of Orlando-based Universal Creative, has a big hit on his hands with the "Wizarding World of Harry Potter." An architect educated at the University of New Mexico (bachelor's) and University of Wisconsin (master's), Woodbury worked in real estate and at architecture practices before joining Universal 22 years ago during the design of Universal Studios Florida. His team's work includes Islands of Adventure, Shrek 4-D, the Royal Pacific Resort, Universal Studios Japan and Universal Studios Singapore.