Chief Operating Officer (COO)<\/strong>. The appointment is part of a strategic leadership realignment designed to support the company\u2019s accelerating growth.<\/p>\nPreviously serving as Senior Vice President of Strategic Operations, Paris will now oversee operations across FEG\u2019s entire portfolio. His focus will remain on driving consistent performance, strengthening field execution, and supporting the continued success of FEG\u2019s diverse partner base.<\/p>\n
Paris brings more than 30 years of industry experience, including seven years with FEG. Most recently, he led key partner relationships and strategic initiatives that elevated operational standards and strengthened collaboration across locations.<\/p>\n
\u201cSteve has earned this role through his exceptional leadership in the field, his operational discipline, and the deep trust he\u2019s built with our teams and partners,\u201d said\u00a0Rex Jackson<\/strong>, Chief Executive Officer of FEG. \u201cAs we expand, maintaining consistent execution across our portfolio is critical. Steve\u2019s experience and operating mindset are exactly what we need for this next phase of growth.\u201d<\/p>\nMark Nesfeder<\/strong>\u00a0will transition into a newly created leadership role focused on New Opening Excellence.\u00a0In this capacity, Nesfeder will develop and lead a repeatable playbook to ensure seamless, high-performance launches as FEG expands its geographic footprint.<\/p>\n\u201cWe are uniquely positioned to scale,\u201d Jackson added. \u201cMark\u2019s new role ensures that every opening delivers a consistent, high-quality guest experience while establishing the systems necessary for rapid, scalable growth.\u201d<\/p>\n
These leadership updates reflect FEG\u2019s continued commitment to operational clarity and long-term scalability as the company expands across destination resorts, retail environments, and entertainment venues nationwide.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source amusementtoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ITASCA, Ill. \u2014\u00a0Family Entertainment Group (FEG), a leading operator of family entertainment centers and destination arcades across North America, today announced the promotion of\u00a0Steve Paris\u00a0to\u00a0Chief Operating Officer (COO). The appointment is part of a strategic leadership realignment designed to support the company\u2019s accelerating growth. Previously serving as Senior Vice President of Strategic Operations, Paris will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2243964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2243963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Family-Entertainment-Group-names-Steve-Paris-chief-operating-officer-\u2013.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2243963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2243965,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243963\/revisions\/2243965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2243964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}