Six Flags names Amy Martin Ziegenfuss chief marketing officer

Six Flags (FUN) announced several leadership updates. Amy Martin Ziegenfuss will join Six Flags as chief marketing officer and Christopher Bennett will join as chief legal and compliance officer, each effective on June 3. Ziegenfuss will succeed Christian Dieckmann who departed the company effective May 2. Bennett will succeed Brian Nurse who will depart the company effective May 8. In addition, Brian Witherow will step down as CFO, effective May 8. The company has advanced its CFO succession process. Dave Hoffman, Six Flags’ chief accounting officer, will serve as interim finance lead during the transition. Amy Martin Ziegenfuss will join Six Flags from Carnival Cruise Line, where she served as chief marketing officer. Christopher Bennett has more than twenty-five years of legal experience in the hospitality and leisure industries. Bennett’s career includes 16 years leading the legal department of Interstate Hotels & Resorts, where he was chief administrative officer. The company is separating the responsibilities of the chief commercial officer into two focused roles: chief marketing officer and SVP, commercial. Ziegenfuss will assume the responsibilities of chief marketing officer, and Chris Meyering, current VP, Revenue Management at Six Flags, has been promoted to the role of SVP, Commercial, effective June 3.