Socha, who most recently served as a Delaware North vice president and the company’s treasurer, will continue to be based at Delaware North’s global headquarters in Buffalo. He transitioned into the new position beginning April 1.

“I’m confident in Scott’s leadership, passion and expertise to take parks and resorts forward and keep up the positive momentum we saw in 2016,” said Jim Houser, a Delaware North group president with oversight of the company’s parks and resorts business, Delaware North Sportservice and Patina Restaurant Group.

Socha began his career with Delaware North in 1999. Through the years, he has held various high-level positions in finance, including manager of financial planning and analysis. He has also spent a considerable amount of time with Delaware North’s parks and resorts business as vice president of finance and vice president of business development. He also oversaw GreenPath, Delaware North’s proprietary environment management program.

As treasurer, Socha has overseen Delaware North’s financial planning and analysis and treasury groups and has been responsible for the worldwide debt and cash-management activities specific to business operations, capital projects and acquisitions. He has managed relationships with external capital providers throughout the world.

Socha has an MBA in finance from the University at Buffalo and graduated from St. John Fisher College near Rochester, N.Y., with an undergraduate degree in international business and finance.

About Delaware North’s Parks and Resorts Business
Delaware North Parks and Resorts is a global leader in the hospitality industry, operating lodging, food and beverage and retail services, recreational activities, and educational programming at destinations throughout North America and Australia. Delaware North operates in many of the United States’ iconic national and state parks, including Grand Canyon National Park, Yellowstone National Park and Niagara Falls State Park, as well as at cultural attractions such as Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex. Its portfolio also includes luxury resorts in Australia. To learn more about Delaware North’s hospitality management expertise, visit www.DelawareNorth.com/parks-and-resorts-home.aspx.

About Delaware North
Delaware North is one of the largest privately-held hospitality and food service companies in the world. Founded in 1915 and owned by the Jacobs family for more than 100 years, Delaware North has global operations at high-profile places such as sports and entertainment venues, national and state parks, destination resorts and restaurants, airports, and regional casinos. Our thousands of employee associates are dedicated to creating special experiences one guest at a time in serving more than 500 million guests annually. Delaware North has annual revenue of about $3 billion in the sports, travel hospitality, restaurants and catering, parks, resorts, gaming, and specialty retail industries. Learn more about Delaware North at www.DelawareNorth.com.

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