Great Wolf Resorts Names Kim Reese Corp VP HR
FEBRUARY 18, 2010 - Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. ® (NASDAQ: WOLF), North America's largest family of indoor waterparks resorts, today announced that Kim Reese has been named corporate vice president of human resources.
Reese is responsible for leading and coordinating the company's human resource functions to provide an employee-focused, high performance culture. She is also responsible for organizational planning and development, regulatory compliance, performance management and improvement, employee orientation and training, employee relations, and employee compensation and benefits. Prior to joining Great Wolf Resorts, she was the director of human resources, interiors for the Kohler Company in Kohler, Wisconsin. Before that she held director and manager level operations and human resources positions at Harrah's Entertainment. She brings nearly 20 years of human resource experience to her new position.
Reese earned her MBA at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois.
About Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.
Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.® (NASDAQ: WOLF), Madison, Wis., is North America's largest family of indoor waterpark resorts, and, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, owns and operates its family resorts under the Great Wolf Lodge® and Blue Harbor Resort™ brands. Great Wolf Resorts is a fully integrated resort company with Great Wolf Lodge locations in: Wisconsin Dells, Wis.; Sandusky, Ohio; Traverse City, Mich.; Kansas City, Kan.; Williamsburg, Va.; the Pocono Mountains, Pa.; Niagara Falls, Ontario; Mason, Ohio; Grapevine, Texas; Grand Mound, Wash.; and Charlotte/Concord, N.C.; and Blue Harbor Resort & Conference Center in Sheboygan, Wis. Through Great Wolf Resorts' environmental sustainability program, Project Green Wolf™, the company is the first and only national hotel chain to have all US properties Green Seal™ Certified - Silver.
The company's resorts are family-oriented destination facilities that generally feature 300 - 600 rooms and a large indoor entertainment area measuring 40,000 - 100,000 square feet. The all-suite properties offer a variety of room styles, arcade/game rooms, fitness rooms, themed restaurants, spas, supervised children's activities and other amenities. Additional information may be found on the company's Web site at www.greatwolf.com.
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