Corporate Executives & Officers

Senior Management, Corporate Executives and Officers

• Rick Abramson Chief Customer Officer

  In his current role, Abramson serves as Delaware North’s first-ever chief customer officer. A 50-year veteran of Delaware North, Abramson draws from his extensive expertise and client relationships to ensure the company’s competitiveness in an increasingly customer-centric global economy.

  
• Stephen Harrington Chief Procurement Officer

  Stephen Harrington leads Delaware North’s $1 billion annual global procurement program while overseeing its Procurement, Design & Construction and Corporate Retail departments. He works with the company’s subsidiaries and operating units to lead centralized sourcing and procurement efforts and maximize value from suppliers.

  
• Todd Merry Chief Marketing Officer

  Todd Merry oversees Delaware North's strategic global marketing efforts, spanning all of its operating companies and locations on four continents. He guides its customer-centric mission and leads all sales and marketing efforts, including using the company's customer data and technology to achieve business objectives.

  
• Eileen Morgan Chief Human Resources Officer

  Eileen Morgan leads Delaware North’s global human resources strategy and function, including talent and organization development, compensation and benefits, employee and labor relations and human resources systems and services. She also leads the human resources partnership efforts throughout the company’s global operations.

  
• Yvette Vincent Chief Technology Officer

  Yvette Vincent serves as Delaware North’s first-ever chief technology officer (CTO), a position based at the company’s global headquarters in Buffalo, N.Y. As CTO, Vincent is responsible for creating the vision, strategy and roadmap for the company’s technology platforms.

  
• Jeff Wilkinson Chief Information Officer

  Wilkinson, who has oversight of the enterprisewide IT functions and infrastructure, is based out of Delaware North’s global headquarters in Buffalo, N.Y., where he leads the strategy and management of the company’s technology infrastructure and innovations.

  
• Richard Ayson Senior Vice President of Business Development

  Richard Ayson serves as senior vice president of business development at Delaware North. In his role, Ayson is based at Delaware North’s global headquarters in Buffalo, N.Y., and oversees the business development teams of four company subsidiaries (Sportservice, Travel, Parks and Resorts, and Patina Restaurant Group).

  
• William J. Hochul Jr. Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

  In his role, Hochul manages the legal function for the company and provides advice and counsel to senior management in all legal matters involving Delaware North or its operating companies.

  
• Jack McNeill Senior Vice President of Government and External Affairs

  McNeill represents Delaware North in legislative and regulatory matters with national, regional and local governments and agencies. He provides policy direction, coordinates government affairs initiatives at Delaware North locations and advocates for the company’s interests.

  
• James Obletz Senior Vice President of Corporate Development

  James Obletz serves as senior vice president of corporate development at Delaware North’s global headquarters in Buffalo, N.Y. In his role, Obletz oversees Delaware North’s efforts to grow via acquisition and strategic investment, including those opportunities across all company subsidiaries.

  
• Matthew Wagner Senior Vice President of Business Builders

  In this role, he works with the corporate and subsidiary leadership teams to identify opportunities to acquire or build revenue and profit streams by leveraging core competencies to build businesses adjacent to Delaware North’s core businesses.