A Public/Private Partnership

Dane County

County Executive Joe Parisi

City of Madison

Mayor Paul Soglin


Zoo Staff

Ronda Schwetz, Zoo Director

Jeff Halter, Deputy Director

Jeff Stafford, Zoo Curator

Erin Flynn, Conservation Education Curator


Friends of the Zoo Staff

Anna Reynolds, Executive Director

Autumn Hayes, Special Events Director

Cathy Sheets, Creative Director

Lynn Pawelski, Community Outreach Director

Amy Jonasson, Donor Relations Coordinator

Emily Brock, Office Manager

Brent Walter, Concessions Manager

Sarah Murphy, Food Manager


Friends of the Zoo Board of Directors

Dan Olszewski, Board President
Director, UW Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship

Karrie Julian, Vice President and Treasurer
Members Development Co.
Freya Bowen, Secretary
Perkins Cole LLP

Nancy Acker-Skolaski
Volunteer/Retired Orchids by the Ackers

Thomas Dott, Former Board President
Associated Bank

Brad Duesler
Food Concepts, Inc.

Chris Henderson
M3 Insurance

James Hill
Excellence in Dentistry

Robin Koth
Targa Investments, LLC

Shirley Kubly
Colony Brands

Tom Linfield
Madison Community Foundation

Dave Martin
Ideal Builders, Inc

Keith Oleson,
American Family Insurance Company

Mary Romolino
Glowac + Harris

Annette Stebbins
Beaucoup Ideas

Zoo Commission

Andrea Brunsell-Parks

Tom Dott

Chuck Erickson

Julia Kerr

Philip O'Leary

Anne Ross

Linda Scheid

Doug Malmquist