2022 Zoo Atlanta Senior Leadership, Board of Directors and Leadership Council

Leadership
Raymond B. King	President and Chief Executive Officer
Cary S. Burgess	Senior Vice President of Operations, Guest Services and Community Affairs
Russell Jacobs	Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer
Zoe Nieminen	Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer
Marci Creath	Vice President of Human Resources
Eric Hall	Vice President of Facilities
Michelle Kolar	Vice President of Education
Jennifer Mickelberg	Vice President of Collections and Conservation
Jennifer Smith	Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Initiatives
Shawn Whitman	Vice President of Membership and Guest Experience
Richard Hezlep	Senior Director of Marketing
Tomson Karivelil	Senior Director of Technology

 

Board of Directors
Ozzie Areu	Founder & CEO	Areu Brothers Studios
Meredith Cagigal	VP, Foodservice Strategy & Execution, North America Operating Unit	The Coca-Cola Company
Bill Cary	Chief Investment Officer	Georgia Division of Investment Services
Beth Kytle Chandler	Managing Director, Wealth Advisor	Cresset
James Cheeks	Owner	Fortas Homes and Fortas Realty
Shan Cooper	Executive Director (Retired)	Atlanta Committee for Progress
Tye Darland	Senior Vice President, General Counsel	Georgia-Pacific
Cindy Davis	Shareholder	Greenberg Traurig
Benna Deese	Manager, Global Operations & Atlanta Partnerships	Ford Motor Company Fund
Mike Dickerson	CEO	ClickDimensions
Andrew W. Evans	Executive Vice President & CFO (Retired)	Southern Company
Nick Franz	Partner	Ernst & Young LLP
Fran Forehand	Executive Vice President, Power Delivery	Georgia Power
Jerry Gahlhoff	President & COO	Rollins, Inc.
Kathleen Goddard	Community Leader	Atlanta
Robert Holder	Vice President	Holder Properties
Dr. Duane Jackson	Professor of Psychology/Chair of the Division of Science & Mathematics	Morehouse College
Sonji Jacobs	Vice President, Corporate Communications and Public Relations	Cox Enterprises
Lisa Laube	President (Retired)	Floor & Decor
Nathan Lewis	President and CEO	Security Capital Brokerage, Inc.
Richard McPhail	Chief Financial Officer	The Home Depot
David Moody	President and CEO	Moody Construction
Amol Naik	Senior VP of Public Policy, Government Affairs & Community Engagement	Tucows
William Nemetz	Executive Vice President, PFS Investments	Primerica, Inc.
Michael Paul	HR Vendor Strategy Director	UPS
Erica Qualls-Battey	Area General Manager	Marriott International
Deepak Raghavan	Co-founder/Lecturer, Astronomy	Manhattan Associates/Georgia State University
John Ripoll	Senior Vice President, Wealth Advisor, Southeast Region	Wells Fargo Private Bank
Mark Roberts	Chairman	Bentley Holdings
Gigi Rouland	Community Leader	Atlanta
Lovette Russell	Senior Consultant	Coxe Curry & Associates
Matthew Simon-Schumann	Community Leader	Atlanta
R. Scott Taylor, Jr.	President and CEO	Carter & Associates

 

Leadership Council
Marc Azar	Tax Partner	Smith & Howard
Jorge Bazan	Principal/Director of Design	Flux Architecture
Eddy Benoit Jr.	President and CEO	The Benoit Group
Rebecca Bily	Wealth Advisor Associate	Cresset Capital
Celeste Bottorff	VP (Retired)	The Coca-Cola Company
Tony Brewer	Owner	Tony Brewer & Company
David Bueno	Partner	McKinsey & Company
David Calhoun	Partner	Morris, Manning & Martin
Dan Campbell	Partner	MSouth Equity Partners
Thomas Carroll	President	Homrich Berg
Bob Cortelyou	SVP, Network Planning (Retired)	Delta Air Lines
Randy Dalbey	Partner	Chilivis, Grubman, Dalbey & Warner
Sandra Edwards	Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor	Merrill Lynch
John Ethridge	Partner	Smith, Gambrell & Russell
Anastasia Falconio	Chief Human Resources Officer	Quikrete Holdings
Tara Flickinger	Partner	ON Partners
Whitney Frank	Community Leader	Atlanta
James Garvie	SVP HR, Total Rewards and Technology	Southern Company
Hollis Gilliam	Head, Equity Trading	EARNEST Partners
Christian Given	Director of Business Development	Croft & Bender
Steve Goodman	Managing Partner	MeetingAdvice, An Etherio Company
Jodie Guest	PhD, MPH, Professor and Vice Chair	Rollins School of Public Health and School of Medicine, Emory University
Ashley Heintz	Partner	Jones Day
Susanne Hodges	Senior Vice President	LocusTenens.com (a Jackson Healthcare Company)
Justin Honaman	Head, Worldwide Consumer Products Business Development	Amazon Web Services
Elizabeth Hood	Senior Vice President	Callan Associates
Carli Huband	Partner-in-Charge, R&D Tax Credits	Aprio
Steve Hughes	Senior Vice President (Retired)	CBRE Group, Inc.
Nancy Hunter	Director of Marketing and Communications	MedShare
Janin Hutcheson	Pilot (Retired)	Southwest Airlines
Candace Johnson	Community Leader	Atlanta
Michelle Sloan Jones	Chief External Affairs Officer	MMI
Justin King	Partner	King & Spalding
Allegra Lawrence-Hardy	Partner	Lawrence & Bundy, LLC
Patrick Lowther	Partner	Morris, Manning & Martin
Peter McGaffigan	Managing Director	Wells Fargo
Shea Meddin	Executive Director	Cushman & Wakefield
Michelle Merrill	Associate Broker/Owner and Trainer	Berkshire Hathaway Georgia Properties/Laughing Dog Farm
Ward Morse	SVP, Employee Benefit Practice	Willis Towers Watson
Whitney Ott	Partner	Jackson Spalding
Bharath Parthasarathy	Senior Director	Slalom Consulting
Mary Clancy Peak	Director, Organizational Agility	Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Brent Reid	President and CEO	Winter Construction
Dana Sample	Director, Central Sales	Delta Air Lines
Lia Santos	Principal	Mercer
Holly Sims	Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending	Georgia Banking Company
Don Wilson	Partner and Chief Investment Officer	Brightworth