Board of Directors

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS




Chair

Tom Schmid
President and CEO
Texas State Aquarium

Chair-elect

Jackie Ogden, PhD
Vice President, Animals, Science and Environment
Walt Disney Resorts

Vice-chair

Dennis E. Pate
Executive Director and CEO
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo 

Past Chair

L. Patricia Simmons
President and CEO
Akron Zoological Park

Directors

Rick Barongi
Director
Houston Zoo, Inc.

Ted A. Beattie
President and CEO
John G. Shedd Aquarium

Jim Breheny 
Jonathan Little Cohen Director
Bronx Zoo

Steve Burns
Director
Zoo Boise

Lynn Clements
Director
Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center

Dennis W. Kelly
Director
Smithsonian National Zoological Park

Kevin Mills
President and CEO
South Carolina Aquarium

Craig Piper
President and CEO
Denver Zoo

John T. Walczak
Director
Louisville Zoological Garden