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New Board Members
IAAPA welcomes new members to its board of directors for 2010.
 Will Morey, president and CEO, Morey Organization, USA
Morey oversees the business operations of Morey’s Piers and Beachfront Waterparks, which are premier regional entertainment destinations located in Wildwood, New Jersey. Together with his brother Jack, Will led two acclaimed real estate developments: Seapointe Village, a luxurious 500-unit resort community, and The Starlux, a Doo Wop-style boutique hotel. They also manage Morey Resorts, which represents four additional properties: the Pan American Hotel, the Port Royal Hotel, the Blue Palms, and the Jolly Roger. Morey was just elected third vice chairman of the board of directors for IAAPA. He will serve as chairman in 2013. Morey supports many charitable and community initiatives and has served on the boards of education of Wildwood and Wildwood Crest, as well as the Boardwalk Special Improvement District and Atlantic Cape Community College Foundation Board.
 Ed Carroll, IAAPA Advisory Board
Carroll graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in economics, then from Suffolk University Law School and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar. He served as a captain in the United States Army Artillery both in the United States and overseas. He was president and CEO of Riverside Park and owned Riverside Park Speedway, one of NASCAR’s most successful tracks. The park is now Six Flags New England. Carroll served as chairman of the IAAPA board in 1978 and has been an involved and active member since that time serving on the board, the government relations committee, and on the Give Kids The World golf tournament committee. His father, Ed Carroll Sr., served as IAAPA’s chairman of the board in 1951 and 1952. Carroll is currently representing the IAAPA Advisory Board.
 Court Huish, Owner, Boondocks Family Fun Centers/ Wilsonville Family Fun Center, USA
Huish began his career at age 11 in the family business, Huish Family Fun Centers. After earning his MBA, he assumed the role of director of operations for the company. For the ensuing 18 years, he helped grow the business to eight family entertainment centers and five family restaurants (Bullwinkle’s). In 1998, the family sold seven California-based sites to Palace Entertainment. Since 1999, Huish has continued to oversee the company’s Portland, Oregon, facility. During this time, he partnered with Boondocks Family Fun Centers (which operates properties in Denver, Salt Lake City, and Boise), and is an owner in J&J Amusements, a gokart and bumper boat manufacturer, and Parlour Enterprises. Huish has previously served on the IAAPA board, is currently on the FEC committee, and has served on the communications committee. 
Pelle Johannison, vice president/marketing director, Liseberg AB, Sweden
Johannison has been very active in IAAPA for more than a decade, starting with the marketing committee in 1997. Since then, he has participated in several committees for entertainment, strategic planning, EAS education, and more. Johannison has experience in radio/TV, advertising, and retail.
 Phil Lindsey, vice president of exhibits and business development, The Health Museum, USA
For more than 17 years Lindsey has worked at a variety of companies managing and designing everything from children's dark rides to huge groundbreaking nighttime spectaculars. He spent 10 of those 17 years working for Disneyland Entertainment, where he was instrumental in helping create some of the park’s most memorable hits (“Fantasmic!”). In 2003, he was asked to head up the exhibits and design department at The Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia. While there, he led the creation of “The Giant Heart” exhibit and “Sir Isaac’s Loft,” an interactive space where physics and art collide. In 2005, he became the vice president of exhibits and programs for The Tech Museum in San Jose, and in 2006 he went to The Health Museum in Houston, where he not only helped create exciting new exhibitions (“You: The Exhibit”) but also launched the first ever fully museum-produced 3-D film, “Planet You 3D.” He is currently in preproduction for the museum’s next educational 3- D film, “Nanotech 3D,” and completing his MBA at Rice University. Lindsey was the first chairman of the IAAPA Museums and Science Centers Committee and served in that capacity for three years. It was his vision and dedication that encouraged IAAPA to establish the committee.
 Adrian Mahon, director of health, safety, and risk management, Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd., United Kingdom
In addition to health, safety, and risk management, Mahon is responsible for group engineering and maintenance strategy, the internal audit function, loss prevention, and corporate social responsibility strategy. He is a trustee director of Merlin’s Magic Wand, the charity established by the group to help seriously ill and disadvantaged children have a great experience at one of Merlin’s many attractions. He has been in the industry since he joined The Tussauds Group in 1994. Additionally, Mahon is chairman of the United Kingdom’s Amusement Device Safety Council (ADSC) and ADIPS Ltd, the nonprofit company that administers the UK’s amusement ride safety scheme. He is also deputy chairman of the British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions. He sits on IAAPA’s safety and maintenance and European advisory committees.
 Donnie Mills, executive vice president and general manager, Busch Gardens Tampa, USA
Mills began his career with Busch Entertainment Corporation (now SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment) in high school as a seasonal employee at Busch Gardens Tampa in 1974, where he developed an enthusiasm for connecting with frontline employees. He served in several executive positions including executive vice president and general manager of the current two Tampa parks, and also two parks in Williamsburg, Virginia (Busch Gardens and Water Country USA). Prior to those roles, he served as vice president of park operations at three different locations (both Busch Gardens parks and SeaWorld San Diego).
 R. Paul Noland, senior vice president of business development, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, USA
In this role, Noland is responsible for identifying and evaluating future growth opportunities for the businesses of the Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts, as well as the Disney Vacation Club timeshare business and Disney Cruise Line. He also contributes to the master planning efforts for Disney’s real estate assets in both Florida and Southern California. In his prior role, Noland was the senior vice president of finance, planning, and business development and served as the leader of the finance and controllership areas of Walt Disney World. Previously, he led Disney’s revenue management function. Prior to joining Disney in 1995, Noland was with Marriott International for 12 years. He is currently the chairman of the IAAPA Audit Committee.
 Tim Timco, vice president, Worldwide Ticketcraft, USA
Timco has more than 30 years’ experience in the attractions industry as a manufacturer representing the admissions segment of the market, with 11 of those years at an executive management level. Timco has also been involved with IAAPA and the Pennsylvania Amusement Parks Association (PAPA) for several years. For IAAPA, he is currently chairman of the manufacturers and suppliers committee, and he is a member of the executive committee, the membership committee, the space allocation committee, and the Give Kids The World golf tournament committee. For PAPA, he is a member of the board of directors and chair of the scholarship committee.
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