2021 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
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
Meredith Cagigal	Marketing Asset Director, Central Region	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	Atlanta Committee for Progress
Tye Darland	Senior Vice President, General Counsel	Georgia-Pacific
Cindy Davis	Shareholder	Greenberg Traurig
Benna Deese	Manager of Global Community Development	Ford Motor Company Fund
Mike Dickerson	CEO	ClickDimensions
Andrew W. Evans	Senior Advisor to the CEO	Southern Company
Nick Franz	Partner	Ernst & Young LLP
Ron Frieson	Chief Operating Officer	Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Fran Forehand	Senior Vice President of Power Delivery	Georgia Power
Kathleen Goddard	Community Leader	Atlanta
Dr. Duane Jackson	Division Chair and Professor of Psychology	Morehouse College
Sonji Jacobs	Vice President, Corporate Communications and Public Relations	Cox Enterprises
Lisa Laube	President	Floor & Decor
Nathan Lewis	President and CEO	Security Capital Brokerage, Inc.
Richard McPhail	Chief Financial Officer	The Home Depot
William Nemetz	Executive Vice President, PFS Investments	Primerica, Inc.
Michael Paul	Executive Compensation Director	UPS
Erica Qualls-Battey	Area General Manager	Marriott International
Deepak Raghavan	Co-founder and Director/Adjunct Professor	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 Calhoun	Partner	Morris, Manning & Martin
Dan Campbell	Partner	MSouth Equity Partners
Thomas Carroll	President	Homrich Berg
Jennifer Castanet	Vice President of Marketing	Cedar CX Technologies
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
James Garvie	SVP HR, Total Rewards and Technology	Southern Company
Hollis Gilliam	Head, Equity Trading	EARNEST Partners
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
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
Dave Mathews	Partner	Sterling Seacrest Pritchard
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	Deputy General Counsel, Legal Affairs	Georgia State University
Mary Clancy Peak	Director, Organizational Agility	Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Brent Reid	President and CEO	Winter Construction
Andy Roberts	Principal	Cresa
Kenneth Saffold	Director	BlackRock
Dana Sample	Director, Central Sales	Delta Air Lines
Marc Schneidau	COO and Client Portfolio Manager	Silvant Capital Management
Holly Sims	Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending	Georgia Banking Company
Don Wilson	Partner and Chief Investment Officer	Brightworth