Jason Freeman, corporate vice president of operations, public safety, engineering and maintenance at Six Flags, has been elected to the IAAPA board of directors.
He has been involved with the association since 1988 and has participated in IAAPA’s North American safety, global safety and governance relations committees. He is currently the global chairman of the security committee of IAAPA and received the 2021 IAAPA meritous service award. He will serve as a facility member director of IAAPA from 2023-2025.
Selim Bassoul, president and CEO of Six Flags, said: “This recognition is a testament to Six Flag’s leadership position in the industry for safety and innovation, which is the cornerstone of everything we do.
“Jason’s work has directly led to Six Flags becoming the first theme park company to be accredited as Certified Autism Centers at all its properties, and to the development of a revolutionary new restraint harness that allows access to all our rides for guests with physical disabilities.
"While a visit to a theme park is already one of the safest forms of entertainment, we as a company spend our greatest amount of time, talent and resources to make an incredibly safe industry even safer.”
