Leadership & Board
2024 Zoo Atlanta Senior Leadership, Board of Directors and Leadership Council
| Leadership | |
| Raymond B. King | President & Chief Executive Officer |
| Russell Jacobs | Chief Financial Officer/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 |
| Jennifer Smith | Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Initiatives |
| 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 |
| James Cheeks | Owner | Fortas Homes and Fortas Realty |
| Tye Darland | Senior Vice President, General Counsel | Georgia-Pacific |
| Cindy Davis | Shareholder | Greenberg Traurig |
| Mike Dickerson | CEO | Yottaa |
| 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 | Ernst & Young LLP |
| Jerry Gahlhoff | President & CEO | Rollins, Inc. |
| Kathleen Goddard | Community Leader | Atlanta |
| Robert Holder | Chief Executive Officer | Holder Properties |
| Carli Huband | National Specialty Tax Partner | Aprio |
| Dr. Duane Jackson | Professor of Psychology/Associate Chair, Department of Psychology | Morehouse College |
| 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 and CEO | Security Capital Brokerage, Inc. |
| Kim Lyman | AVP, Information Technology | Norfolk Southern |
| Suzanne Mitchell | CEO | SynergyGPS, LLC |
| David Moody | President and CEO | Moody Construction |
| William Nemetz | Executive Vice President, PFS Investments | Primerica, Inc. |
| Sunny Park | President | Global Sun Investments, Inc. |
| Mary Clancy Peak | Director of Organizational Agility | Chick-fil-A |
| Vijay Pinto | Managing Director | Deloitte |
| Deepak Raghavan | Co-Founder/Lecturer, Astronomy | Manhattan Associates/Georgia State University |
| Caroline Reddington | Head of Treasury | Cadence Bank |
| DeRetta Cole Rhodes, PhD | EVP, Chief Culture Officer | Atlanta Braves |
| Mark Roberts | Chairman | Bentley Holdings |
| Gigi Rouland | Community Leader | Atlanta |
| Sarah Greenberg Sachs | VP, Marketing, Growth Strategy & Innovation | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Matthew Simon-Schumann | Community Leader | Atlanta |
| R. Scott Taylor, Jr. | President and CEO | Carter & Associates |
| Tim Wilkerson | Senior VP, Home Services | The Home Depot |
| 2024 Leadership Council | ||
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Marc Azar |
Tax Partner |
Smith & Howard |
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Cutler Andrews |
Senior Associate Vice President and Chief Experience Officer |
Emory University |
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Cliff Baker |
Founder/Chief Strategy Officer |
CORL Technologies |
|
Jorge Bazan |
Principal, Director of Design |
Flux Architecture |
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Eddy Benoit Jr. |
President and CEO |
The Benoit Group |
|
Celeste Bottorff |
VP (Retired) |
The Coca-Cola Company |
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Meg Boyles |
Commercial & Middle Market Sustainability Consultant |
Truist |
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David Bueno |
Partner |
McKinsey & Company |
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Meredith Cagigal |
Head of Marketing, North America |
SC Johnson Professional USA |
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David Calhoun |
Partner |
Morris, Manning & Martin |
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Carrie Campbell |
Director of Institutional Markets |
Winter Construction |
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Dan Campbell |
Partner |
MSouth Equity Partners |
|
Thomas Carroll |
CEO & President |
Homrich Berg |
|
Bob Cortelyou |
SVP, Network Planning (Retired) |
Delta Air Lines |
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Randy Dalbey |
Partner (Retired) |
Chilivis, Grubman, Dalbey & Warner |
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Sandra Edwards |
Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor |
Merrill Lynch |
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John Ethridge |
Partner |
Smith, Gambrell & Russell |
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Anastasia Falconio |
Chief Human Resources Officer |
The Quikrete Companies |
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Keith Fleming |
Managing Director and Head of the South Atlantic Market |
J.P. Morgan Private Bank |
|
Whitney Frank |
Community Leader |
Atlanta |
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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 |
|
Ashley Heintz |
Partner |
Jones Day |
|
Susanne Hodges |
Senior Vice President |
LocusTenens.com (a Jackson Healthcare Company) |
|
Elizabeth Hood |
Senior Vice President |
Callan |
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Steve Hughes |
Senior Vice President (Retired) |
CBRE Group, Inc. |
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Nancy Hunter |
Community Leader |
Atlanta |
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Janin Hutcheson |
Pilot (Retired) |
Southwest Airlines |
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Candace Johnson |
Vice President |
Johnson Construction Services |
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Justin King |
Partner |
King & Spalding |
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Patrick Lowther |
Partner |
Morris, Manning & Martin |
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Peter McGaffigan |
Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager |
Wells Fargo |
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Michelle Merrill |
Associate Broker/Owner & Trainer |
Berkshire Hathaway Georgia Properties/Laughing Dog Farm |
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Molly Millard |
Director |
Cushman & Wakefield |
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Ward Morse |
SVP, Employee Benefit Practice |
Willis Towers Watson |
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Whitney Ott |
Partner |
Jackson Spalding |
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Addy Parker |
Manager, Deloitte Consulting |
Deloitte |
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Erica Qualls-Battey |
Area General Manager – Atlanta |
Marriott International |
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Lia Santos |
Principal |
Mercer |
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Ryan Sheets |
Wealth Manager |
Sheets Smith Wealth Management |
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Christine Traubel |
AVP Human Resources |
Norfolk Southern Corporation |
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Len Van Popering |
President |
Applause Innovation Group |
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Chris Willis |
Partner |
Troutman Pepper LLP |