Marc G. Swanson has served as Chief Executive Officer since May 2021. Prior to that he served as Interim Chief Executive Officer since April 2020. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company since August 2017, except for from September 2019 to November 2019 when he served as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Prior to that, Mr. Swanson had served as Chief Accounting Officer from 2012 to 2017 and served as Interim Chief Financial Officer from June 2015 until September 2015 and as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from August 1, 2017 until his permanent appointment later that same month. Previously, he was Vice President Performance Management and Corporate Controller of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment from 2011 to 2012, the Corporate Controller of Busch Entertainment Corporation from 2008 to 2011 and the Vice President of Finance of Sesame Place from 2004 to 2008. Mr. Swanson holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Purdue University and a master's degree in business administration from DePaul University, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Dr. Christopher (Chris) Dold was appointed to Chief Zoological Officer of the company in April 2016. Prior to that, Dr. Dold served as Vice President, Veterinary Services from 2008 until April 2016 and Senior Veterinarian at SeaWorld Orlando from 2005 to 2008. Prior to joining the company, Dr. Dold was a National Academies- National Research Council Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow with the US Navy Marine Mammal Program, and completed a University of California-Davis Internship in Marine Mammal Medicine and Pathology at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California. Dr. Dold is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, European Association for Aquatic Mammals, and the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. Dr. Dold received a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine.

James (Jim) Hughes has served as Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company since August 2022. Previously, Mr. Hughes served as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer for Red Lobster Seafood Company (“Red Lobster”) since 2021. Prior to that, he served in various HR roles of increasing responsibility at Red Lobster and when Red Lobster was part of Darden restaurants from 2011 to 2021. Prior to his time with Darden and Red Lobster, Mr. Hughes progressed through various HR roles with PepsiCo from 1996 to 2011. Prior to his time with Pepsi, Mr. Hughes began his career in HR with General Electric as a member of their HR Leadership Program in 1995. Mr. Hughes holds a master’s degree in Industrial Relations and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, both from West Virginia University.

Shekufeh Shirazi Boyle was appointed Chief Accounting Officer of the Company in January 2023. Prior to that, she served as Corporate Controller & Vice President of Accounting of the Company since May 2022. Before that she served as the Company’s Corporate Controller from November 2021 to May 2022, the Company’s Director of Corporate and Technical Accounting from October 2019 to November 2021 and as a Corporate Accounting Manager of the Company from August 2014 to October 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Boyle worked in public accounting at McDirmit Davis & Co LLC from 2007 to 2014, where she most recently served as an Audit Manager. Ms. Boyle is a Certified Public Accountant with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting degree from University of Central Florida, and a Master of Accounting and Financial Management degree from DeVry University Keller Graduate School of Management.