SeaWorld Entertainment Announces Operational Management Changes

Just a few weeks ago SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. had announced Jim Atchison’s resignation as CEO and President as well as further restructuring measures to be carried out across its theme parks (we reported on this in EAP online news from 14 Jan 2015). At the end of last week, the company announced changes in its operations management. Brown has been with the company for nearly 40 years. Daniel B. Brown becomes the company’s Chief Parks Operations Officer, having operational oversight over all of the company’s theme parks. Donald W. Mills becomes Orlando Park President responsible for leading the company’s Orlando parks – SeaWorld, Discovery Coe and Aquatica. Current Orlando Park Preisdent Terry Prather moves to the company’s corporate team to become Senior Vice President of Operations with oversight of the safety, environmental, ride operations and standardization functions across the company’s parks. Prather will also work closely together with the company’s zoological operations. (eap)