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Mr. Van Voorhis is the Past President and CEO of Funtime Parks (1982-1994), a $250 million corporation (in current dollars.) Funtime Parks, Inc. is a 2.6 million attendance amusement/ recreational company of which he was a founder and director. He led the company to record revenues and a progressive increase in operating profit margins including a record net profit before taxes for fiscal year 1993. As President, he coordinated the company’s initial public offering and a secondary offering. He led a successful management buy out of the company in 1987, and directed the purchase of parks Darian Lake in Buffalo, New York and Wyandot Lake in Columbus, Ohio.
Mr. Van Voorhis began his career on the Audit Staff and Management Advisory staff for Price Waterhouse & Company, Cleveland, Ohio specializing in the installation of cost accounting systems. He earned an MBA in 1964 from the Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania; and a Bachelor of Science from Marietta College. | 