Fee Hedrick Family Entertainment

Pigeon Forge, Tenn., August 4, 2006 — Chris Hollingsworth has been named Director of Human Resources for the Fee Hedrick Family Entertainment Group, Inc., reporting to David Fee, president and chief executive officer. The Fee Hedrick Family Entertainment Group includes The Comedy Barn, Black Bear Jamboree and Miracle Theater as well as Discount Show Tickets, The Alabama Grill, Happy Days Diner and Noah’s Ark Animal Park.
In this new position she will be documenting and defending company policies, advising managers on strategy, managerial and legal issues and supporting the senior management team in any way possible. She will also be developing future programs for employee relations and “issues” in such areas as job evaluations, promotions, transfers, merit and performance reviews, safety, training and all organizational changes throughout the company. She will also assist in recruitment and identification of both internal and external candidates for key management positions throughout the company with the sole purpose of continually upgrading the caliber of Fee Hedrick Family Entertainment Group personnel.
Hollingsworth is also responsible for the management development, career planning, and successor management processes, affirmative action, workers compensation and benefit plans.
“We are delighted that Chris will be working with the Fee Hedrick Family Entertainment Group,” said David Fee, president and CEO of Fee Hedrick Family Entertainment, Inc. “This is a great fit. Chris has over 20 years of human resources experience including work as a training coordinator at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville. Most recently she was a self-employed consultant with Artisty Consulting doing executive coaching, management development and building trust and teamwork.”
Hollingsworth has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and business administration from Anderson University in Anderson, Ind. In addition, she attended graduate school at Vanderbilt University studying human resource development.
She is married to Russ Hollingsworth and they live in Sevierville. They have three daughters, Abby, a sophomore at Belmont University in Nashville, Emily, a senior at Gatlinburg-Pittman High School in Gatlinburg and Elena, a second grader at Sevierville Primary School.