Board of Directors
Officers
Christine Myeroff, Chair
Larry Hatch, Vice Chair
Tom Waltermire, 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
Vishnu B. Chandran
Alana Coakley
Alexandra Cottam
Spencer Dieken
James M. Donchess
Rob Elmore
Howard S. Essner
Theodore R. Evans
Eric S. Gordon
Dr. Adam Hechko
Lori Kalberer
Karen Kaminski
Bernard L. Karr
Jonathan Kesselman
Joanne M. Kirk
Todd Lawrence
Kimberly Levinson
Ki Mixon
Ken Mountcastle
Deanna M. Murlin
Kevin P. Murphy
Dr. Ven Ochaya
Jim Parish
Dr. Melinda (Mindy) Phinney
Kim Pinter
Susan Racey
John Ramsey
Stacey Reid
Eric Smith
Sarah Taylor
Becky Truelson
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
Carol Hall
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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