Leadership & Board
Zoo Atlanta Senior Leadership, Board of Directors and Leadership Council
| Leadership | |
| Raymond B. King | President & Chief Executive Officer |
| Veronica Jacobs | Chief Financial Officer |
| Jennifer Smith | Chief Operating Officer |
| Zoe Nieminen | Vice President & Chief Advancement Officer |
| Cary S. Burgess | Senior Vice President, Government & Community Affairs |
| Gina Ferrie, PhD | Vice President, Collections and Conservation |
| Wednesdá L. Furman | Vice President, Human Resources |
| Eric Hall | Vice President, Facilities & Construction |
| Tomson Karivelil | Vice President, Information Technology |
| Sam Rivera, DVM | Vice President, Animal Health |
| Shawn Whitman | Vice President, Membership & Guest Experience |
| Staci Wiech | Vice President, Education |
| Board of Directors | ||
| Bill Cary | Chief Investment Officer | Georgia Division of Investment Services |
| Beth Kytle Chandler | Managing Director, Wealth Advisor | Cresset |
| Audra Cunningham | EVP & Chief Administrative Officer | T. Dallas Smith & Company |
| Tye Darland | Senior Vice President, General Counsel | Georgia-Pacific |
| Cindy Davis | Partner | Reed Smith |
| Todd Ellis | Principal & Mid-South Hub Advisory Market Leader | KPMG |
| Andrew W. Evans | Executive Vice President & CFO (Retired) | Southern Company |
| Fran Forehand | Vice President, Power Delivery and Division Operations | Mississippi Power |
| Nick Franz | Partner (Retired) | Ernst & Young LLP |
| Jerry Gahlhoff | President & CEO | Rollins, Inc. |
| Robert Holder | Chief Executive Officer | Holder Properties |
| Carli Huband | National Specialty Tax Partner | Aprio |
| Sonji Jacobs | Managing Partner | Incisive |
| E. Jewelle Johnson | VP, Assistant General Counsel and Chief Labor and Employment Counsel | Graphic Packaging International |
| Lisa Laube | President (Retired) | Floor & Decor |
| Nathan Lewis | President & CEO | Security Capital Brokerage, Inc. |
| Kim Lyman | AVP, Information Technology | Norfolk Southern |
| Suzanne Mitchell | CEO | SynergyGPS, LLC |
| David Moody | President & CEO | Moody Construction |
| Sunny Park | President | Global Sun Investments, Inc. |
| Mary Clancy Peak | Director of Organizational Agility | Chick-fil-A |
| Vijay Pinto | Managing Director | Deloitte |
| Caroline Reddington | EVP, Treasury Management Executive | Cadence Bank |
| DeRetta Cole Rhodes, PhD | EVP, Chief Culture Officer | Atlanta Braves |
| Mark Roberts | Chairman | Bentley Holdings |
| Gigi Rouland | Real Estate Agent | Beacham & Company Realtors |
| Sarah Greenberg Sachs | VP, Marketing, Growth Strategy & Innovation | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Matthew Simon-Schumann | Community Leader | Atlanta |
| R. Scott Taylor, Jr. | President & CEO | Carter & Associates |
| Tim Wilkerson | Senior VP, Home Services | The Home Depot |
| Leadership Council | ||
| Cutler Andrews | Senior Associate Vice President and Chief Experience Officer | Emory University |
| Jorge Bazan | Principal, Director of Design | Flux Architecture |
| Eddy Benoit Jr. | President and CEO | The Benoit Group |
| Celeste Bottorff | VP (Retired) | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Meg Boyles | Public Finance | Truist Securities |
| David Bueno | Partner | McKinsey & Company |
| Meredith Cagigal | Head of Marketing, North America | SC Johnson Professional USA |
| David Calhoun | Partner | Morris, Manning & Martin |
| Carrie Campbell | Vice President | Winter Construction |
| Dan Campbell | Partner | MSouth Equity Partners |
| Thomas Carroll | CEO & President | Homrich Berg |
| Bob Cortelyou | SVP, Network Planning (Retired) | Delta Air Lines |
| Randy Dalbey | Partner (Retired) | Chilivis, Grubman, Dalbey & Warner |
| Mike Dickerson | CEO | Yottaa |
| Sandra Edwards | Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor | Merrill Lynch |
| John Ethridge | Partner | Smith, Gambrell & Russell |
| Anastasia Falconio | Chief Human Resources Officer | The Quikrete Companies |
| Keith Fleming | Managing Director and Head of the South Atlantic Market | J.P. Morgan Private Bank |
| Whitney Frank | Community Leader | Atlanta |
| James Garvie | SVP HR, Total Rewards and Technology | Southern Company |
| Hollis Gilliam | Director, Equity Trading | EARNEST Partners |
| Christian Given | Vice President | Stephens Inc. |
| Steve Goodman | Managing Partner | Meeting Advice, An Etherio Company |
| Robert Griest | Partner | King & Spalding |
| Ashley Heintz | Partner | Jones Day |
| Susanne Hodges | Senior Vice President | LocusTenens.com (a Jackson Healthcare Company) |
| Elizabeth Hood | Senior Vice President | Callan |
| Steve Hughes | Senior Vice President (Retired) | CBRE Group, Inc. |
| Nancy Hunter | Community Leader | Atlanta |
| Janin Hutcheson | Pilot (Retired) | Southwest Airlines |
| Candace Johnson | Vice President | Johnson Construction Services |
| Justin King | Partner | King & Spalding |
| Joey Kline | Managing Director | JLL |
| Patrick Lowther | Partner | Morris, Manning & Martin |
| Peter McGaffigan | Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager | Wells Fargo |
| Michelle Merrill | Associate Broker/Owner & Trainer | Berkshire Hathaway Georgia Properties/Laughing Dog Farm |
| Molly Millard | Director | Cushman & Wakefield |
| Ward Morse | SVP, Employee Benefit Practice | Willis Towers Watson |
| Addy Parker | Manager, Deloitte Consulting | Deloitte |
| Erica Qualls-Battey | Area General Manager – Atlanta | Marriott International |
| Lia Santos | Partner | Mercer Human Resources Consulting |
| Amanda Schroeder | SVP, External Engagement | Georgia Research Alliance |
| Ryan Sheets | Wealth Manager | Sheets Smith Wealth Management |
| Dudley Stephens | Senior VP, Chief Revenue Officer, Atlanta Division | SouthState Bank |
| Christine Traubel | AVP Human Resources | Norfolk Southern Corporation |
| Len Van Popering | President | Applause Innovation Group |
| Chris Willis | Partner | Troutman Pepper LLP |
| Director Emeritus | ||
| Brad Benton | Retired | KPMG |
| Mickey Brown | Retired | Georgia Power Company |
| Kathleen Goddard | Community Leader | Atlanta |
| Susan Grant | Retired | CNN |
| Bob Holder | Retired | Holder Corporation |
| Steve Hughes | Retired | CBRE Group, Inc. |
| William Nemetz | Executive Vice President, PFS Investments | Primerica, Inc. |
| Robert C. Petty | Retired | SunTrust |
| Deepak Raghavan | Co-Founder/ Lecturer, Astronomy | Manhattan Associates/Georgia State U. |
| Lovette Russell | Senior Consultant | Coxe Curry & Associates |
| Charlie Sharbaugh | Of Counsel | Carlton Fields |
| Larry Westbrook | Retired | Southern Company |