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Executive edge: Joe Martinez; Elitch GM shaped by early amusement.

Publication: ColoradoBiz
Publication Date: 01-SEP-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Executive edge: Joe Martinez; Elitch GM shaped by early amusement.(Elitch Gardens Amusement Park)(Biography)

Article Excerpt
Three decades ago, Joe Martinez interviewed at Astroworld amusement park wearing a suit and tie--determined at age 17 to land a job as a ride operator, to pay for college, to rise above the poverty of his Houston neighborhood, where in a hard-working family he managed to steer clear of gangs.

Martinez ended up picking up trash that summer as a groundskeeper--a job that would forever shape the life of the general manager of Denver's historic Elitch Gardens...

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