JOEY BAUMER

Joey Baumer joined The Jenkins Organization in February 2021.  Baumer has been a part of the aquatics industry for nearly two decades. He started his career as a lifeguard for a Boy Scout Camp in Ohio before going on to operate aquatics programs at Coney Island Park in Cincinnati, Ohio and Gulf Islands Waterpark in Gulfport, Mississippi.  Baumer oversees the operations of all Great Escapes RV Resorts aquatics programs across the United States.  Baumer obtained the rank of Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America and is a PADI Scuba Diver.  Baumer is a Certified Pool & Spa Operator Instructor with the PHTA, an active member of CMAHC and ASTM, a member of the WWA Resort Committee, and previously served on the WWA Safety Committee.  He has a passion for safety and volunteers his free time to various disaster relief programs.  He is a graduate of Northern Kentucky University where he obtained his B.S. in Anthropology with a Minor in Psychology.