Senior Leadership Team In Place at LEGOLAND® Florida

Theme Park on Track for 1,000 New Hires

WINTER HAVEN, FL (Feb. 15, 2011) – With the appointment of the last five directors at LEGOLAND® Florida, the 150-acre theme park is positioned to hire the remaining employees – anticipated to reach 1,000 by the park’s October opening. Geared to families with children ages 2 through 12, the full-day theme park will employee Model Citizens (the Parks affectionate term for employees) to staff the 50 rides, shows and attractions.

“After interviewing internal and external candidates from around the globe, I know that we’ve hired the absolutely best leadership team possible,” said Adrian Jones, LEGOLAND Florida’s General Manager.  “With this excellent team now in place, we can begin filling the park with Model Citizens.”

Jan Mahoney has been tapped as the Director of Operations. Joining the Florida team from LEGOLAND California, Jan is a native Floridian who moved to California in 1998 to open the LEGOLAND park in Carlsbad.  Previously, Jan spent 14 years in a variety of escalating operational roles at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.

Kim Jensen has been chosen to be the Director of Food and Beverage. Moving to Central Florida from LEGOLAND Deutschland, Kim has been with the LEGOLAND Parks for 23 years after starting his career in a popcorn stand at LEGOLAND Billund.

Teresa Vaughn joins the team as Director of Human Resources and carriers 20 years of theme park experience from Walt Disney World and SeaWorld Orlando. Her most recent position was working in Polk County at Bunch & Associates.

Erik Hendrickson is the new Director of Retail and joins the opening team with 15 years experience in the retail business including stints at Universal Studios and LEGO®.   While on the LEGO team, Erik was responsible for overseeing operational support for 25 retail store locations and warehouse facilities.

David Johnson is moving to Central Florida from one of Merlin Entertainments Group UK resort theme parks, Warwick Castle, to become LEGOLAND Florida’s Director of Finance.  David’s brings 15 years of experience in the leisure and attractions sector.

The five directors join Kim Isemann, Director of Sales & Marketing and Jim Miller, Director of Ride Maintenance on the leadership team reporting directly to Adrian Jones. Both Kim and Jim have been in their roles since last year. All current and future job postings can be found at www.LEGOLAND.com/jobs.