Board of Directors | Cleveland Zoological Society | Cleveland, OH

Officers

Lawrence Hatch, Chair
Christine Myeroff, Immediate Past Chair
Kevin Murphy, Vice Chair
Kim Pinter, Vice Chair

Theodore A. Wagner, Vice Chair

Tom Waltermire, Vice Chair

Becky Truelson, Treasurer

Barbara Brown, Ph.D., Secretary

Elected Directors

Myles Abbott
Cheryl Bailey
Patricia O. Bemer
Anne E. Bingham
Carl Black
Martha (Muffy) Boland
Shanna Keown Calcei
Vishnu B. Chandran
Alana Coakley
Alexandra Cottam
Pat Covey
Spencer Dieken
Rob Elmore
Matt Embrescia
Howard S. Essner
Theodore R. Evans
Kathy Golovan
Eric S. Gordon
Dr. Adam Hechko
Lori Kalberer
Karen Kaminski
Jonathan Kesselman

Joanne M. Kirk
Todd Lawrence
Kimberly Levinson
Ki Mixon
Ken Mountcastle
Deanna M. Murlin
Dr. Ven Ochaya
Jim Parish
Dr. Melinda (Mindy) Phinney
Susan Racey
John Ramsey
Stacey Reid
Eric Smith
Kevin Soflkiancs
Jason Taylor
Sarah Taylor
Thomas N. Tyrrell
Gareth Vaughan
Denise Zubizarreta

Emeritus Directors

Robert S. Reitman, Chairman Emeritus
Virginia D. Benjamin
Marilyn K. Brown
George S. Coakley
Sally Everett
Gregory D. Friedman
Jim Francis

Joseph J. Mahovlic
Sally Messinger
Robert J. Rogers
Lauren Spilman

Ex-officio non-voting members

Sarah Crupi — Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Zoological Society
Christopher Kuhar, Ph.D. — Executive Director, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Yvette Ittu — Commissioner, Cleveland Metroparks
Dan Moore — Commissioner, Cleveland Metroparks
Bruce G. Rinker — Commissioner, Cleveland Metroparks
Brian Zimmerman — Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Metroparks

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