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GOVERNANCE boards

MISSION

To inspire conservation leadership by connecting people to wildlife and nature.

VISION

The Chicago Zoological Society is a recognized leader in influencing people's actions to conserve wildlife and value nature.

OFFICERs

  • Cherryl T. THOMAS, Chair
  • William C. Kunkler III, Deputy Chair
  • John P. Grube, vice chair, immediate past chair 
  • Elizabeth Hamill BRAMSEN, Vice Chair
  • MerricK ELFMAN,  ViCe Chair
    Bert A. Getz, Jr., Vice Chair
  • Kathryn Babcock Shaffer, Vice Chair
  • MICHAEL P. EMMERT, TREASURER
  • RANDALL G. VICKERY, sECRETARY
  • DR. MICHAEL ADKESSON, PRESIDENT & CEO

TRUSTEEs

  • STUART B. aBELSOn
  • WALTER W. BECKY II
  • JENNIFER L. BELLINI
  • JAY D. BERGMAN
  • EDWARD MCCORMICK BLAIR, JR.
  • BARBARA J. BRADFORD
  • JAMES A. BRYAN
  • MICHAEL G. CANNING
  • JOHN A. CARPENTER
  • DR. BONNY CHEN
  • RITA SOLA COOK
  • J.R. DAVIS
  • MICHAEL F. DESANTIAGO
  • GREGORY J. DIDOMENICO
  • michael drai
  • DR. LISA C. FREEMAN
  • MS. SASHA L. GERRITSON
  • DARIUS A. GILL
  • VERONICA GOMEZ
  • BARBARA GRAYSON
  • JOSEPH A. GREGOIRE
  • HEIDI HUIZENGA
  • KEVIN M. KEELEY
  • MOLLY KELLER
  • KEVIN M. KILLIPS
  • BARBARA LEVY KIPPER
  • JERRY MANNE
  • HONORABLE TONI PRECKWINKLE
  • ELIZABETH s. QUINN
  • BENITA S. ROMANO
  • MARK G. SANDER
  • KELLEY C. SCHUELER
  • STUART D. STRAHL, PH.d
  • KRISTI WEAVER
  • PATRICK E. WHITESIDE

LIFE TRUSTEEs

  • CUSHMAN L. ANDREWS
  • STEPHEN P. BENt
  • JAMES E. BRAMSEN
  • MRS. PAUL E. DUCKWORTH
  • PETER B. FREEMAN
  • DENNIS J. KELLER
  • JACK L. KUBIK
  • MRS. FREDERICK C. MEYERS
  • HOWARD B. SIMPSON
  • JOHN W. TAYLOR, III
  • WILLIAM E. THONN
  •  

GOVERNING MEMBERs

  • Susan K. AnzaldI
  • Steven C. Bauer
  • John J. Borland, Jr.
  • Mena Boulanger
  • Elizabeth Hamill Bramsen (GLm)
  • Velma Butler
  • Jack V. Carney
  • Doris K. Christopher
  • Robert T. Conrardy
  • Brian T. Cory
  • George M. Covington
  • Terrence O. D’Arcy
  • Carolyn S. Daley
  • Mrs. Patrick F. Daly
  • Richard A. Davis
  • James W. DeYoung
  • Amy T. Dickinson
  • Katherine Dierkes
  • Zena D. Diggs
  • Carol Ann M. Dvorak
  • Stephanie Fisher
  • Dennis J. Forgue
  • Bert A. Getz, Sr.
  • Fredrick H. Gohl, Jr.
  • Delta A. Greene
  • Ann E. Grube
  • Jonathan C. Hamill (GLM)
  • L. H. Healy, Jr.
  • Richard M. Held
  • Marie Hostetler
  • Paul F. Jock II
  • Lisa N. Johnson
  • Charles Judy
  • Jennifer A. Kainz
  • Wendell A. Kapustiak
  • Jeffrey B. Keller
  • John W. Kemp
  • Eliza L. Kerr
  • Dr. Mukund Komanduri
  • Lee A. Korhumel (GLM)
  • Nicholas Kunkler
  • Natalie Laackman
  • Mrs. William N. Lane III
  • Marcena W. Love
  • Sara N. Love
  • Sandra P. Manne
  • Michael L. Matthys
  • Trina Gordon McCallister
  • Bruce F. McKenzie
  • Mrs. C. Bruce McLagan
  • Ralph P. Melbourne
  • Michael J. Miller
  • Ira Mirochnick
  • Ralph G. Moore
  • Donna T. Myers
  • Brian J. O’Brien
  • Edmond F. Opler
  • Elliott N. Otis
  • Allen J. Ottens, Ph.D.
  • Amy Ottens
  • Nancy Jo Peters
  • Marion Searle Rice
  • Susan Stokely Rice
  • John W. Rogers, Jr.
  • Heidi L. Rudolph
  • Nan Schaffer, D.V.M.
  • Jack Shaffer
  • Thomas C. Shields
  • Dr. Alissa Shulkin
  • David Hart B. Smith
  • Paul F. Stack
  • David F. Sterling
  • David A.F. Sweet
  • Jennifer Tadin
  • Nancy C. Tameling
  • Caroline R. Tecson
  • Kenneth N. Thompson
  • Barbara Trees
  • George S. Trees, Jr.
  • Thomas Wenzl
  • Corwith C. White, Ph.D.
  • James W. Wicklander
  • Thomas R. Williams, Jr.
  • Nancy Hamill Winter (GLM)
  • Luisa T. Young
  • Jeffrey R. Yuknis
  • (GLM) GOVERNING LIFE MEMBER

WOMEN'S BOARD MEMBERs

  • Jennifer L. Bellini, President
  • Melissa L. Canning,First Vice-President
  • Cathie Overmyer, M.D., Second Vice-PresidenT
  • Kathryn Feagans, Secretary
  • Erin K. Brown-Carter, Treasurer
  • Susan E. Ahern*
  • Mrs. Nicholas S. Amatangelo
  • Pamela Andrews
  • Edith Bayran
  • Mrs. Walter W. Becky II*
  • Barbara J. Bradford
  • Elizabeth Hamill Bramsen•
  • Carter Brooksher*•
  • Esther Bryan
  • Mrs. Dean L. Buntrock*
  • Mrs. Gregory Cappelli*
  • Anida Johnson "Cookie" Cohen**•
  • Josie Croll
  • Britta Cuming
  • Maria P. Daley**
  • Shirley Daly*
  • Jennifer Darnall**
  • Marletta F. Darnall*•
  • Vicki L. DeMar
  • Mrs. Paul E. Duckworth*•
  • Diane V. Dygert
  • Rosa M. Ebling
  • Shari L. Erwin
  • Janet R. Ezekiel
  • Sherry Featherstone
  • Barbara Feldman*
  • Maria Finitzo**•
  • Susan B. Frangella
  • Sarah Nava Garvey*
  • Sasha L. Gerritson
  • Roxann Giovannini
  • Ann Grube*•
  • Kay Guyette*
  • Rashada Hamlin
  • Mrs. Wafik A. Hanna**
  • Melissa Heerboth
  • Jill V. Javors*
  • Mrs. Jack D. Jester*•
  • Stephanie Bryan Kangas
  • Seema Kathuria**
  • Connie Keller**•
  • Sandy Kirk
  • Linda H. Kissler*•
  • Mrs. Michael J. Klonoski**
  • Mrs. Fred A. Krehbiel*
  • Lori A. Lande
  • Romana E. Malinowski
  • Sandra P. Manne*•
  • Mrs. Bruce McLagan**
  • Priscilla C. Meyers*•
  • Susan Mogab*
  • Lori Montana**•
  • Sharon Murphy**
  • Danijela Neckrysh
  • Michele Needham
  • Shannon Nourbash
  • Tamara Olszewski
  • Sarah E. Opler
  • Mrs. William G. Parrillo**
  • Leslye McHugh Pinto**
  • Jennifer Popish
  • Sally Porter*•
  • Tanuja Rathi
  • Mrs. James T. Reid*•
  • Louise Reighard**•
  • Michaelene Roark
  • Mrs. William R. Rybak**
  • Alice Young Sabl*•
  • Leigh Sasser
  • Jennifer Schindl
  • Traci Schofield
  • Kathryn Babcock Shaffer*
  • Elisa S. Templeton
  • Sarah L. Thompson**
  • Gretchen Hess Trofa*
  • * Honorary Member
  • ** Supporting Member
  • •Founding Member

For questions regarding our Trustee and Governance Boards, please contact Director of Board Relations Gladys Lopez, gladys.lopez@czs.org. 

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Brookfield, IL 60513

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3300 Golf Rd, Brookfield, IL 60513

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