annual report - Utah`s Hogle Zoo

ANNUAL REPORT
2013
2013 Utah Zoological Society Board of Directors
James E. Hogle, Jr., President
Paul M. Dougan, Vice President
Patrick Hogle, Secretary/Treasurer
J. Scott Anderson
Steven Barth
Jim Bradley
Corey Brand
Mission
Maura Carabello
Analecia Dumke
Missy Ekstrom
Blake O. Fisher
Amy A. Garff
John D. Garfield
Dennis Gay
Sandra Gonzalez
Rick Graham
Bill Hulterstrom
David Huntsman
Norma Matheson
Patty Miller
Marianne Woolsey Moyle
Julie Anne Thomas
Carlene Walker
Gregory P. Williams
Lauryn Wingate
Julie Wolfe
Utah’s Hogle Zoo nurtures respect and appreciation for the natural world by providing diverse educational, recreational and conservation opportunities. This is accomplished through imaginative exhibits
and programs, professional animal care and a commitment to excellence.
Message from the Director and President
As we entered 2013, construction on the new African
Savanna project was accelerating, and that progress
continued throughout the year, towards our anticipated
opening in May 2014. Other exciting and important
activities during the year included the unique and fun
LEGO©: Creatures of Habitat exhibition, expansion
of both on-site and field conservation programs,
the opening of the Lighthouse Point water park,
and the development and adoption of a new
Master Plan to guide major Zoo improvements
through 2030. In addition, we continued our signature
events, such as our Zoo Rendezvous fundraiser, our
ZooLights! winter holiday celebration, and we reached
a milestone in hosting the 20th annual World of the Wild
juried art exhibition. Everything mentioned here is designed
to create great experiences and connections for our guests. In the course of that pursuit, we
welcomed more than one million guests in 2013, making it the fourth year out of five to exceed
that milestone in attendance.
The core of our mission is to nurture respect and appreciation for the natural world, and that
begins with providing the best possible care for our resident Zoo animals. Our Animal and Veterinary departments work as a team to keep every animal in our care in good health, both physically and mentally. Animal welfare goes beyond the basics of food, water, and shelter. We focus
on providing appropriate social groupings, environmental enrichment, preventive medicine, and
training to facilitate routine examinations and stimulate natural behaviors.
All of this and more is detailed in the pages that follow, including our 2013 financial performance. We are proud to have once again finished the year with positive cash flow to enable the
continued improvements around the Zoo. The success of 2013 has positioned Utah’s Hogle Zoo
to continue being a dynamic and impactful community organization, and we will strive to continue making the Zoo the best it can be: for our animals, our guests, our employees and volunteers, and for everyone in the community who continues to support us.
Craig Dinsmore
Executive Director
James E. Hogle Jr.
President, Board of Directors
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Animal Care
Senior Keeper
Joanne Randinitis
won “Best New Innovative Bear Husbandry
Technique” at the international Bear Care Group’s
Advancing Bear Care
Conference in Clinton,
New Jersey.
Senior Keeper
Stephanie JochumNatt spearheads our
Wild Aware Utah program.
WAU supports the Zoo’s mission by educating our guests and
area residents on living harmoniously with local wildlife.
photo by Jeff Pierson©
Utah’s Hogle Zoo
became the world’s
first zoo to get a voluntary
blood draw from a western
lowland gorilla. Senior Keepers Bobbie Gordon and Erin Jones
trained Jabali, an 8-year-old female,
to offer her arm for the procedure,
making her a voluntarily participant in her own health care.
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Animal
Enrichment
Behavioral Programs
Manager Dawn
“DeeDee” Neptune
received national recognition
for her animal enrichment
leadership from the following:
Association of Zoos
and Aquariums
Faculty Member for
week-long AZA Animal
Enrichment Professional Develoment
course
• Institutional Representative to
AZA Behavioral Advisory Group &
Animal Welfare Committee
• Committee Advisor to AZA Behavioral Husbandry and Animal Welfare Committees
American Association of Zoo Keepers
• Contributing Presenter to Online
Collaborative Learning Webinars
• Committee Advisor to AAZK Behavioral Husbandry Committee
Association of Zoo Veterinarians
• Workshop Co-Presenter, “Elevating
Animal Health Through Behavioral
Management”
In her spare
time, Deedee was
also Trip Leader of a
Conservation Safari to
Kenya, and Chair of the first
annual “Winos for Rhinos”
event, raising more than
$14,000 for rhino
conservation.
Congratulations,
DeeDee!
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Conservation:
Nature/Wildlife
The Zoo had a global
presence in our
conservation efforts;
supporting 32 projects
on five continents.
General Curator, Dr. Christina Castellano, continues
her work in Madagascar, protecting the critically
endangered radiated tortoise. Illegally
collected tortoises that have been
confiscated by the authorities are
“repatriated,” where they will be
protected under organized
community stewardship.
The greater sage-grouse is a threatened
species. Zoo staff and volunteer conservation activities have resulted in placement of 50,000 warning reflectors on
prairie fences to help them avoid
colliding with fences in their
western Wyoming
habitat.
In 2013, Hogle Zoo and the
Utah Chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers raised nearly $30,000 for
rhinoceros conservation.
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Creatures of Habitat,
the LEGO© brick animal exhibit,
was both fun and educational,
teaching guests about
Our Wild Aware Utah partnership with the
endangered species
United States Forest Service, the Utah Division
of Wildlife Resources and Utah State University
and habitat
Extension Services educates Utahns throughout the
preservation.
state about how to live successfully with wildlife.
Conservation:
On-Grounds Resources
Hogle Zoo is committed to
environmentally sustainable
practices. During 2013:
• We purchased 60,000 kwh
of wind power through the
Rocky Mountain Power Blue
Sky Program.
• We generated 75,000 kwh of solar
power on top of three of our largest
buildings.
In addition:
We use recycled
office and bathroom
supplies, recyclable foodservice dishware and waterwise plantings to further
reduce our carbon
footprint.
97% of the
construction-site
rubble from our new 4.4
acre African Savanna exhibit
was diverted to be
reused or recycled.
• We used high efficiency light bulbs saving 24,000 kwh.
That’s enough energy savings to avoid
200 tons of carbon dioxide or equivalent
to planting 2,400 trees!
142 Zoo employees participated in
the “Ultimate Alternate
Transportation Challenge,”
saving more than 30,000 miles
they would have driven,
commuting by car to
the Zoo.
Of our two newest large buildings, one (Animal Health Center) has been certified as
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold, and one (Conservation
Resource Center) has an application pending for a similar designation by the U. S. Green
Building Council.
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Education & Volunteers
Zoo Volunteer
Cody Bollschweiler
won the Utah Volunteer
of the Year Award in the
young adult category.
Zoo educators taught close to
4,000 eager young learners.
20 seasonal
Eco-Explorers
shared 271,357
conservation messages
with Zoo
guests.
41 Girl Scouts and 214 Boy
Scouts attended Zoo classes
to earn merit badges.
Volunteers
184 volunteers amassed 15,290 hours educating Zoo guests and supporting education programs.
David Abolnik
Julie Adams
Giovanni Agosta
Deborah Alto
Shannon Anderson
Zachary Anderson
Ashley Armstrong
Tenna Armstrong
Mikala Arndt
Stephanie Baird
Katja Baranowski
Kari Barnard
Danielle Barr
Ashley Barrus-Gardner
Elizabeth Bates
Daisy Bennett-Roe
Elizabeth Bergin
Brett Bertrand
Gabby Blake
Cody Bollschweiler
Trevor Boswell
Donna Bowles
Haley Boyle
Herman Branath
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Claire Brooks
Crystal Bryant
Sarah Bult
Melissa Burggraaf
Cynthia Burgos
Angela Burke Jimenez
Aracely Campbell
Dei Canalemork
Isaura Carballo
Britnee Cheney
Beth Chynoweth
Isabelle Clark
Amber Coffey
Emily Cokl
David Collette
Mary Lou Compher
Amanda Condie
Chase Costello
Zoe Crockett
Walker D`agostini
Kayla DaCosta
Erin Diamond
Emily Dorsey
Suzanne Dunken
Erin Eastland
Jamie Eckenrode
Abigail Ellis
Holly Elmore
Katerina Elshaug
Judi Engel
‘Hook’ Ershler
Camille Evans
Porter Fallows
Cory Farnes
Claudia Farrer
Bonnie Ferrin
Ryan Ferris
Phillip Fiedler
Al Forsyth
Gaby Galvan
Patricia Galvan
Sydney Garcia
Savannah Gelhard
Betty Gilpin
Jennifer Giron
Danielle Goodwin
Kenley Gottlob
Austin Green
Sara Greene
Elle Greer
Ryann Gregory
Taylor Hague
Ethan Hall
Livona Hansen
Tony Hansen
Jake Hanson
Jenness Hanson
Kira Harris
Maren Hatch
Danielle Hess
Kelly Hess
Jackie Hillam
Carol Hochstadt
Noemi Holscher
Aaron Hornock
Hannah Horrocks
Boaz Hsia
Rachel Huntsman
Rollin Hurlbut
Kate Hutton
Cait Hyde
John Jackson
Justin Jarman
Samuel Jefferson
Joseph Jeffery
Jenny Jennings
Clayton Jensen
Tricia Jensen
Sarah Jessop
Nahomi Jimenez
Graciela Johnston
Arnold Jones
Sandra Jones
Bayley Juluson
Lauren Kane
Megan Keil
Elise Kelly
Leah Knighton
Alexis Kumrow
Christina Landrith
Laura Lance
Sharon Larkin
Maddie Lee
Megan Lee
Jamie Lems
Ciona MacEwen
Constance MacKay
Colin Maguire
Beth McArthur
Lindsey McBride
Julee McCarty
Caitlyn McEwen
Cheyenne McLachlan
Salina Mecham
Patricia Meekins
Lucretia Mehraban
Madison Melsoner
Cassidy Michaels
Bri Morgan
Andrea Mosher
Kailey Mosher
Tina Mueller
Katlynn Nebeker
Melinda Newman
Ulrike Nos
Lauren Orchard
Jake Ostler
Madalyn Page
Kate Parker
Amy Parsons
Kelsey Paulding
Tera Peay
Jessica Penfold
Lu Penfold
Deborah Petersen
Leslie Pierce
Nikki Potts
Isabell Rennie
Aaron Rice
Jennifer Runsvold
Kayla Rupper
Jon Rusho
Samira Saeed
Billie Schmitz
Shawn Schofield
Katie Schultz
Michal Scienski
Rachel Sevison
Hayley Shaver
Spencer Shelton
Joshua Sherman
Sydney Shoell
Christina Shupe
Marsha Small
Aaron Smith
Brandy Snider
Bryana Snyder
Eliza Stagg
Jordan Stilson
Myra Strauchen
Tina Sylvester
Amanda Szucsik
William Taylor
Halleigh Thalman
Rebecca Thomas
Sarah Thomas
Donna Thurgood
Annlea Vanmilligen
Joe Vervaecke
Jennifer Waddoups
Ryan Watson
Gary Weagle
Amanda Wertypora
Amy Westover
Katy Wiggins
Amanda Williams
Heather Worthington
Lizzie Wray
Tingyee Rachel Wu
Stockton Young
Master Plan Intro & African Savanna Preview
Following successful completion of our first 15-year Master
Plan, initiated in 1999, a special committee of Board members,
staff and consultants invested much of 2013 creating a new
Master Plan for the Zoo’s next 15 years. For a panoramic view,
please turn the page.
2014 is set to be another banner year
for Hogle Zoo, with the African Savanna expanse set to open in May.
The Savanna will introduce an
expanded train ride and an elevated
Savanna viewing deck and giraffe feeding
station.
This 4.4-acre exhibit will feature African lions, zebras,
giraffes, nyala (a southern African antelope),
ostriches and other birds.
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Master Plan 2030
STAFF PARKING
REDEVELOPMENT
FL
ANIMAL MANAGEMENT
ZONE
STORAGE
BUILDING
AFRICAN
SAVANNA
TRAIN LOOP
EXHIBITS
ENTRY
PAVILION UPGRADE
DIVERSITY OF LIFE & EDUCATION
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Master Plan
Task Force
Zoo Board
Paul Dougan
John Garfield
Jim Hogle
Patrick Hogle
Marianne Moyle
Carlene Walker
Greg Williams
Julie Wolfe
ZOO HORTICULTURE
ZONE & MOB II
ASIA EXPANSION
LEX EXHIBIT ZONE
ASIAN
HIGHLANDS
CRC
ROCKY
SHORES
OASIS
PLAZA
ANIMAL HEALTH
CENTER
WILDLIFE
THEATER
ELEPHANT
ENCOUNTER
CHILDREN’S
ADVENTURE ZONE
THE
BEASTRO
GREAT APE &
PRIMATE FOREST
Zoo Staff
Sammy Caldwell
Christina Castellano
Jill Cox
Kimberly Davidson
Craig Dinsmore
Marci Harris
Jane Larson
Doug Lund
Mark Miller
Seth Palmer
Conrad Schmitt
Chris Schmitz
Dan Smith
Marcia Timmerman
Eve Mary Verde
Jameson Weston
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Zoo Membership Zoo ADOPT Zoo Explorer Society
46 special patron
members deeply
committed to the
Zoo’s mission became Zoo Explorer
Society members.
Their membership
donations helped
more than 1,000
animals receive
state-of-the-art
care through topnotch medical
husbandry and
nutrition programs.
21,544
households
bought or renewed
memberships in
2013.
6,931
households
supported the
Zoo at the higher
Zoo Booster level
memberships.
2000+
Zoo Boosters
attended our two
special Zoo Booster
nights–with all
the amenities.
See Guest Services
for more information
56 special Zoo supporters participated in our new Zoo
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ADOPT program, adopting 18 animals at the Zoo, and
raising more than $11,000, which was more than we
expected for a new program.
Major Donors, Endowment
Endowment and Planned Giving:
Zoos, by their
nature, look to
the future. They nurture and conserve our
wildlife heritage for future
generations. They offer insights into various strategies that can assist in
their survival.
In 2013, Utah’s
Hogle Zoo began
actively seeking
planned and endowment gifts to ensure that
future generations will continue to enjoy the educational treasure that is
Hogle Zoo.
The following
people have already
made donations toward that effort. Contact
the Development Office to be
part of this growing number.
Estate of Patricia Eager
Francis Hanson
Dennis Lombardi
Alissa Packer
Major Donors
$250,000+
$1,000 to $9,999
Service Systems Associates
Kathryn Bair
Bruce Bastian
Michael Blaes
Chris Christiansen
CLR Design
Community Foundation of Utah
Christopher Connelly
Marian Connelly-Jones
Susan O. Dinkel
Paul M. Dougan
Valli Durham
East West Martial Arts
The George S. and Dolores Doré
Eccles Foundation
Amy Garff
Gibbons Foundation
Cynthia Hall
Bill & Phyllis Hockett
James E. Hogle
Patrick K. Hogle
David H. Huntsman
Bryce Johnson
Robert D. Kent Trust
S. Whitfield Lee
Richard P. Makoff
Milo S. Marsden
$10,000 to $249,000
Basic Research
Corey Brand
R. Harold Burton Foundation
Robert H. Garff and Katharine
Garff Foundation
Global Aquafeeds
Hogle Family Limited Partnership
Janet Q. Lawson Foundation
SIRQ. Inc.
C. Scott and Dorothy E. Watkins
Charitable Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
Kathie & Mark Miller
Monkey Mountain LLC
George Q. Morris Foundation
Marianne Moyle
Packaging Corporation of America
Deborah Pariseau
ProTEL
Frank Puleo
Lon Richardson
Richter 7
John Rose
Salt Lake Garfield & Western
Railway Co.
Schultz & Williams
Mark L. Sharrock
Susan Slaugh
Jennifer Speers
Jim M. Steele
The Tetris Group, L.L.C.
Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall &
McCarthy
Joe Vervaecke
Joe Viland
Paul Watkins
Julie Wolfe
Robin Woods
Zions Bank
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Zoo Rendezvous!
Our 16th Annual
Zoo Rendezvous! –
“The Wildest Party in
Town” – attracted 1,567
revelers, 30% more than in the
previous year.
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The event
garnered $352,607 in cash
and in-kind sponsorships,
$52,000 from ticket sales and
brought $25,360 during a silent
auction. A wild time was had
by all!
Marketing & Public Relations
Marketing
Director Brad
Parkin was named
“The Best In-House
Marketer” by the American
Advertising
Association,
Utah Chapter.
The Marketing
Department won
the “Best in Show”
award for its “ZooLights!
Holiday Music Box” social
media campaign at the
Utah Tourism
Conference.
The Marketing
Department also
was a finalist for the
prestigious international
Brass Ring Award for the
ZooLights! television
commercial.
Marketing also held more than 30 special events on Zoo grounds; booked 84 corporate and
private parties for a total of 26,121 guests; and organized media coverage for over 500 stories.
During ZooLights! we served more than
12,000 cups of hot chocolate!
Santa’s Station Presented by Macy’s
attracted 11,346 guests during ZooLights!
Keepers and Volunteers presented bio-facts
for guests to enjoy at the reindeer yard at
Santa’s Station.
ZooLights!
attracted 62,529
guests throughout December who wandered the
snowy pathways, enjoying
the wintery animated light
displays featuring two
million energy-saving
LED lights.
Two live
reindeer kicked
off most evenings
of ZooLights! with the
popular “Reindeer Walk”
through the main
plaza led by the
Jolly Old Elf.
Every child
visiting was
invited to write a
letter to Santa with
$1 for each letter kindly
donated by Macy’s to
the Make-A-Wish
Foundation.
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Financials:
Revenues
3.5%
Donations & Grants
5.2%
Group Sales
37%
5.6%
Admissions
-Education
-Carousel
-Miscellaneous
Other
5.7%
Concessions
7%
20%
ZAP Tax
State of Utah
16%
Memberships
OPERATING REVENUE
2013
Total Zoo
Attendance
1,051,417
guests
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Admissions
$4,536,588
Memberships1,967,554
Concessions699,174
Other681,010
Group Sales
640,514
OPERATING SUPPORT
Salt Lake County (ZAP)
2,458,749
State of Utah (Operating)
854,000
Donations and Grants
427,467
TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE $12,265,056
Financials:
Expenses
3.4%
5.5%
Group Sales Education
7%
Guest Services &
Security
28%
9%
Animal Care
Marketing &
Development
11.6%
Administrative
20.7%
Other
14.7%
Facilities
Free
School Days
48,311
students &
chaperones
OPERATING EXPENSES
Animal Care
$3,132,983
Facilities Maintenance
1,652,427
Administrative1,306,510
Marketing & Development
1,005,185
Guest Services & Security
788,318
Education & Art Programs
616,532
Group Sales383,056
Other
-Advertising456,345
-Utilities
600,298
-Train
3,349
-Carousel
57,286
-In-Kind Donations
68,006
-Insurance
145,532
-Contract Services
650,065
-Information Technology
178,439
-Seasonal Exhibit
161,805
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES $11,206,135
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UTAH’S HOGLE ZOO’S ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION
Art Show
The 20th Annual “World of the Wild” art exhibition supported the
Zoo’s primary mission by reinforcing that we need to protect and
conserve wildlife and wild places for current and future generations.
20 GREAT YEARS OF THE WORLD OF THE WILD
Veterinary Conference
The Zoo hosted the
seven-day Association of
Zoo Veterinarians 2013 Annual Conference, attended by
500 veterinary professionals
from 23 countries.
121 Utah
artists submitted
294 works of art from
all types of media for
the exhibit. 125 pieces were
then selected for the show by
a juror. During the 60 days
the show was open, more
than 14,000 art lovers
viewed the art.
Attendees included
the AZA Nutrition Advisory Group.
We teamed with the
University of Utah for
a Fish Medicine workshop.
Our vets and keepers
applauded conference
guests as they entered
the Zoo.
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The Conference and
the welcoming applause were well-received by all!
2013 Zoo Staff
Administration
Craig Dinsmore
Douglas Lund
Conrad Schmitt
Marcia Timmerman
Animal Care
Rachel Allen
Richard Andrews
Elizabeth Bates
Lauren Beatty
Jennifer Bertin
Celeste Cambareri
Christina Castellano
Jill Cox
Brigitte Day
Lisa Ellison
Dana Farrell
Rebecca Frustaci
Ellen Gallagher
Bobbi Gordon
Michelle Hanenburg
Richard Hendron
Cindy Jensen
Stephanie Jochum-Natt
Erin Jones
Jeffrey Landry
Jane Larson
Lauren LeCoque
Jessie Madsen
Alythea McGee
Maggie McGrath
Emily Merola
Dawn Neptune
Richard Oliver
Tracy Owen
Boanna Owens
Melissa Payne-Knudson
Eric Peterson
Holly Peterson
Gina Phillips
Joanne Randinitis
Lindsay Renner
Katie Richins-Benson
Lessa Russell
Ashley Schweinhart
Cindy Segneri
Geoffrey Sowan
Blythe Spiers
Shemia Splonskowski
Gary Steele
Patrick Theobald
Janice Thompson
Jill Vanmilligen
James Weinpress
Ashley Welton
Emma Louise Whitney
Capital Projects
Daniel Smith
Iliana Valadez
Creative Arts
Matthew Bates
Tyson Goodrich
Michael Wernert
Jameson Weston
Conservation
Elizabeth Larsen
Development
Don Gray
Marci Harris
G. Ronald Kastner
Katrina Last
Lesley Scoville
Eve Mary Verde
Penni Rae Zito
Education
James Daniel Alvey
Jena Andrus
Makayla Barrandey
Leslie Buchanan
Laurel Clayson
Jason Dunn
Rebekah Egbert
Alina Fong
Jordan Gallacher
Amandi Goodwin
Catherine Gwinnup
Heather Herde
Rachel Irvin
Tawnni Jensen
Leslie Kobinsky
Alexis Koontz
Angelina Kump
Kalindra Lewis
Katherine Manch
Lori Matsukawa
Michael McEntire
Destinee Miller
Amy Nichols
Devin Pearson
Kathryn Pontsler
William Rodriguez
Christine Schmitz
Tauni Sutherland
Suzanne Zgraggen
Finance
Melissa Adams
Amber Good
Cheryl Rushton
Peggy Zaelit
Grounds
Jose Cortez
Kevin Fennema
Val Gidney
Jake Giles
Fabian Govea
Waldo James Kuck
Eric MaZanec
Tom Mitchell
Mike Mostoller
Evan Nielsen
Jon Tomkinson
Leroy Valdez
Guest Services
Megan Allred
Kara Anderson
Isabel Arreola
Joni Bateman
Linus Bondesson
Chrystal Butterfield
David Casey
Lacey Cossey
Jessica Denning
Mariah Denning
David Micah Dobbs
Patsy Dorrans
Richard Dorrans
Mackensie Felix
Alyssa Freeman
Kaylee Fulton
Meghan Gallacher
Jeremy Gull
Austin Haycock
Stephen Helm
Taylor Johns
Melanie Jones
Katherine Krejchi
Ellen Lewis
Jennifer Long
Matthew MacDonald
Garrett Manes
Emily Mann
Jaclyn Martin
Karen Martinez
Trisha Matsuura
Rikki McClimans
Abigail McKinney
Mark Miller
Samuel Milliner
Kevin Murphy
Andrew Nadauld
Brandon Neibel
Melyssa Perkes
Matthew Radcliffe
Preston Richards
Lisa Roberts-Terry
Samantha Ruud
Gregory Scoville
Claire Stegman
Casey Trout
Amber Vanderlinden
James Westervelt
Silas Willis
Kimberly Workman
Samantha Workman
Marisa Zollinger
Hospital
Bethany Bingham
Nancy Carpenter
Erika Crook
Christine Sleater
Housekeeping
Enrique Arellano
Alexander Bazan
Quintessa Freund
Mary Fuentes
Adriana Garcia
Maria Graciela Johnston
Rebecca Lee
Jose Ronald Murillo
Maria R. Perez Martinez
Hugo Quinonez
Patricia Valdez
Human Resources
Anna Frederickson
Bonnie Thomas
Ryan Jackson
Reuben Martin
Chad Monsen
David Strandgard
Brandon Vierig
Marketing
Suzy Anderson
Andrew Godwin
Erica Hansen
Alexis Moes
Brad Parkin
Stephanie Sessions
Cagney Smullin
Megan Vance
Security
Richard Bishop
Stephanie Boston
Austin Bowcutt
David Braithwaite
Brian Broadhead
Ray Bushnell
Juanita Davis
Kaitlin Eaton
Robert Erickson
Jessica Farmer
Joel Gonzalez
Bret Houskeeper
Tina Houskeeper
Michael Johnston
Troy Leary
Isaiah Loamanu
Kristine Merrill
Heidi Mundy
Chloe Olsen
Alison Parker
Natalie Plascencia
Brittany Thomas
William Ward
Information Technology
Barry Brown
Waqas Javed
Maintenance
Misty Alford
Todd Bingham
Roger Bitner
Sammy Caldwell
Shannon Cunningham
Jerry Ellison
Darren Fowler
Norbert Gerber
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ACCREDITED BY THE
Utah’s Hogle Zoo is proud to be accredited by the Association of
Zoos & Aquariums (AZA). AZA sets rigorous standards dedicated
to the advancement of zoos and aquariums in the areas of conservation, education, science and recreation. Only 223 zoos and
aquariums in North America are accredited by AZA.
The Zoo continues to be active in AZA conservation efforts and participates in a number of
Taxon Advisory Groups (TAGs), studbooks, Species Survival Plans© and AZA national committees. We are dedicated to providing excellent care for animals, a great experience for you and a
better future for all living things.
Thank you to the residents of Salt Lake County for supporting
the Zoo, Arts & Parks program. Many of the Zoo’s activities are
made possible with ZAP funding – as are many other county art,
cultural, zoological, museum, recreational and park programs.
For more information, visit www.zap.slco.org.