Kevin Kelly is president of Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, a subsidiary of Delaware North Companies, a global leader in hospitality and food service. With more than $2 billion in annual revenue and 55,000 employees, it is one of the largest privately held companies in the world.
Kelly accepted his current role in August 2005 and continues to oversee all operations at the company’s parks and resorts destinations around the world. Kevin Kelly joined Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts in 1996 as director of retail operations at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. He then went on to serve as a regional vice president for the company.
A graduate of the University of Southern California, Kelly began his hospitality management career with Aramark Services as assistant manager at Muir Woods in the San Francisco Bay Area. He relocated with Aramark to Pikes Peak in Colorado, where he was promoted to regional general manager responsible for Muir Woods National Monument, Hearst Castle and Pikes Peak.