Board of Directors
Officers
Christine Myeroff, Chair
Thomas G. Fistek, Vice Chair
Ki Mixon, Vice Chair
Theodore A. Wagner, Treasurer
Barbara Brown, Ph.D., Secretary
Elected Directors
Myles Abbott
Cheryl Bailey
Patricia O. Bemer
Anne E. Bingham
Carl Black
Martha (Muffy) Boland
Spencer Dieken
James M. Donchess
Dr. Julie Edgar
Rob Elmore
Howard S. Essner
Theodore R. Evans
Coty Franklin
Lindsay Guzowski
Lawrence H. Hatch
Dr. Adam Hechko
Jessica M. Jung
Lori Kalberer
Karen Kaminski
Bernard L. Karr
Jonathan Kesselman
Joanne M. Kirk
Allen Mistysyn
Ken Mountcastle
Gregg G. Muresan
Kevin P. Murphy
Chris Nehez
Lisa M. O’Brien
Russell O'Rourke
Jim Parish
Dr. Melinda (Mindy) Phinney
Kim Pinter
Susan Racey
Becky Truelson
Thomas N. Tyrrell
Thomas A. Waltermire
Susan M. Zanetti
Emeritus Directors
Robert S. Reitman, Chairman Emeritus
Virginia D. Benjamin
Marilyn K. Brown
George S. Coakley
Sally Everett
Gregory D. Friedman
Jim Francis
Carol Hall
Joseph J. Mahovlic
Patrick S. Mullin
Robert J. Rogers
Lauren Spilman
Iris J. Vail
Ex-officio non-voting members
Sarah Crupi — Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Zoological Society
Christopher Kuhar, Ph.D. — Executive Director, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Dan Moore — Commissioner, Cleveland Metroparks
Bruce G. Rinker — Commissioner, Cleveland Metroparks
Brian Zimmerman — Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Metroparks
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