Leadership
Tom Schmid
President & CEO
Angel Mumma
Senior Vice Present Finance
Dr. Jan Ramer
Senior Vice President Animal Care and Conservation
Jen Ryan
Senior Vice President Operations and Sustainability
Carman Wirtz
Senior Vice President Human Resources
Honorary Designations
Jerry Borin
President Emeritus Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Jack Hanna
Director Emeritus Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Columbus Zoo Board of Directors
Katie Wolfe Lloyd
Chairperson
The Dispatch Printing Company
Daniel P. Gusty
Vice Chairperson
Johnson Investment Counsel
Adriana Hastings
Treasurer
Huntington National Bank
John H. McConnell
Secretary
Worthington Industries
Keith Shumate
Immediate Past Chairperson
Squire Patton Boggs LLP
Governing Boards
The Columbus Zoological Park Association is a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit corporation. The twenty-five-member Board of Directors meets bi-monthly to oversee the operations of the Zoo. The tax levy receipts received by the Zoo are administered by a public Appointed Board that consists of eighteen members. Six members are designated by the City of Columbus, six by the Franklin County Commissioners and six by the Columbus Zoological Park Association. It has a one hundred twenty-member Association that meets twice a year with the annual meeting in December.
Columbus Zoo Board of Directors Members*
Joseph W. Donovan, M.D., Riverside Hospital
Stephanie Fortener, SaaS Capital
Daniel P. Gusty, Johnson Investment Counsel
Stephanie Hightower, Columbus Urban League
Brent Jackson, Fifth Third Bank
Gary J. Marcinick, Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc.
Jennifer Massanova, Community Volunteer
John H. McConnell, II, Worthington Industries
Brian Moore, Cardinal Health
Rustin Moore, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVS, The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Karen Morrison, OhioHealth
Raja Sundararajan, AEP
E.J. Wunsch, The Wendy's Company
Akanaksha Gupta, Fisher Board Fellow (Ex-Officio)
The Honorable Andrew Ginther (Ex-Officio), Mayor, City of Columbus
The Honorable Shannon G. Hardin (Ex-Officio), President, Columbus City Council
The Honorable Kevin Boyce (Ex-Officio), President, Franklin County Commissioners
Columbus Zoo Appointed Board*
President: Keith Shumate, Squire Patton Boggs LLP
Treasurer: Katie Wolfe Lloyd, The Dispatch Printing Company
Secretary: Brian O'Mara, Safelite Auto Glass
Columbus Zoo Appointed Board Members*
Rev. Dr. Victor M. Davis, Trinity Baptist Church, Franklin County Representative
Brad DeHays, Connect Realty, City of Columbus Representative
Lark Mallory, Franklin County Representative, Affordable Housing Trust for Columbus and Franklin County
Sean Mentel, Franklin County Representative, Mentel and Associates
Karen Morrison, Zoo Association Representative, OhioHealth
Pam O'Grady, City of Columbus Representative, City of Columbus
Mary Rose, Franklin County Representative, Community Volunteer
Zachary T. Talarek, Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Franklin County Representative
Columbus Zoo Association
Carol Allerding, Community Volunteer
Tanya Alloway, Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc.
Ted L. Altenburg, Merrill Lynch
Stanford Apseloff, Ohio Distinctive Software, Inc.
James Balthaser, Thompson Hine LLP
Teresa Tykodi Berliner, Community Volunteer
Arthur G.H. Bing, M.D., Community Volunteer
Diana Blessing,Community Volunteer
John Cadwallader, Frost Brown Todd LLC
Thomas F. Calhoon, Prudential Calhoon Co.
Brian C. Campbell, KPMG LLP
Mark Chambers, Regent Homes
Susan Conrad, Community Volunteer
Andrew Coutts, Athletic Republic
Laura Dehlendorf, Community Volunteer
William Ehrgood, Columbus Division of Fire
Rhoe Fields, Bath & Body Works
Kristin Kirk Florey, Community Volunteer
Rodelyn Frijas, Oreste Realty, LLC
Squire Galbreath, Darby Dan Farm
Ann T. Gallagher, Gallagher Consulting Group
Ronald L. Geese, The Geese Group LLC
Christopher Godley, Hylant Group
William T. Grové, UBS Financial Services, Inc.
Daniel P. Gusty, Johnson Investment Counsel
Adriana Hastings, Huntington
Jo Hickman, Community Volunteer
Uri Holmes, III, Preferred Capital Management
William L. Hoy, Columbus Sign Company
Nikhil Hunshikatti, Community Volunteer
T.J. Johnson, Trabian Enterprises
Ray Ayton Jones, The Jones Company of America
Gilman D. Kirk, Jr., Community Volunteer
George Kun, George Kun Travel and Incentives
James E. Kunk, Community Volunteer
Megan Lashutka, The Lashutka Group, LLC
Christian E. Laver, Christian Laver & Associates
Michqua Levi, Marburn Academy
Douglas Lumpkin, Community Volunteer
Annie Marsico, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Allison Neumann, Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc.
Brian Nocco, Community Volunteer
Michael A. Petrecca, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Edmund J. Reinhard, CPA, Crowe Horwath LLP
Carey Schmitt, Plentiful, LLC
Richard Shank, Community Volunteer
Darren Shulman, President, Friends of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Lewis R. Smoot, Jr., The Smoot Corporation
Jill Snyder, Metro Parks
Bobbie Weiler, Community Volunteer
Charles M. Wharton, WesBanco
Camille Wimbish, Ohio Voice
William C. Wolfe, Jr., Community Volunteer
Connie Woodburn, Community Volunteer
Columbus Zoo Ambassadors
Larry Abbott, Aquatic Adventures Ohio, LLC
Carol J. Andreae, Crossroads Coaching
Erin Appleman, Rite Rug
Vanessa Arnold, Paralegal/Tax Preparation
Thomas E. Bogen, Community Volunteer
Tom Carpenter, Columbus Mitsubishi
James J. Chester, Taft, Stettinius and Hollister, LLP
Larry L. Dill, Community Volunteer
Norma J. Dodge, Community Volunteer
Michael H. Goldberg, RITERug
Theresa Harris, TMH Solutions, LLC
Thomas J. Heiby, Community Volunteer
Chad Jester, Zoo Association Representative, Nationwide
Sherry Kish, HNTB Corporation
Edward G. Klopfer, Sussex Mortgage Company
Bernard F. Master, D.O., former Franklin County Representative
Tim R. May, JP Morgan Chase Bank NA
Edwin L. Overmyer, Community Volunteer
Janis Rosenthal, Community Volunteer
J. Randall Schoedinger, Schoedinger Funeral & Cremation Service
Mark D. Senff, Esquire, Baker & Hostetler LLP
Robert D. Weisman, former Franklin County Representative
Clyde Woodburn, Community Volunteer
Nathan P. Wymer, Nationwide
* Also members of Zoo Association