Leadership & Board
Zoo Atlanta Senior Leadership, Board of Directors and Leadership Council
| Leadership | |
| Raymond B. King | President & Chief Executive Officer |
| Russell Jacobs | Chief Financial Officer |
| Jennifer Smith | Chief Operating Officer |
| Zoe Nieminen | Vice President & Chief Advancement Officer |
| Cary S. Burgess | Senior Vice President, DEI, 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 | Senior Vice President, Transmission | Georgia 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 |