PRESIDENT, SEAWORLD & SESAME PLACE
Jim Lake has been president at SeaWorld and Sesame Place in San Diego since November 2021. Lake is also an adjunct professor at Cal State Fullerton in the School of Management (focus on hospitality and tourism). He has more than 30 years of theme park experience and was also GM for Disneyland Park East and worked in other areas for Disney and Disneyland Resort starting in 1989. Lake was also director of operations for Palace Entertainment. He has a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Biola.