Board Members
Executive Committee
William Rowe, Chair
Martha Baker, Past Chair
Susan Welsh, Secretary
Jordan Elsbury, Mayoral Appointee*
Ann Harwood-Nuss, VC Animal Care & Conservation
Chuck Ged, VC Finance
Lucia Lindsey, VC Gardens & Art
John McIlvaine, VC Marketing & Development
Kelly Coker-Daniel, VC Education
Janna McNicholas, VC Governance
Carl Cannon, VC Capital Campaign
John Hayt, Advisor*
Kerri Stewart, Special Projects
Karen Estella Smith
Tony Vecchio, Executive Director
General Board
Scott Chamberlayne
Asher Chanan-Khan
Krystyn Collier
Mayor Lenny Curry
Anne Marie Cushmac
Al Ferraro
Jessica Fowler
Reggie Gaffney
Margaret Hicks
Rene Kurzius
Barney Lane
George Mikes
John Naugle
Pamela Phillips
Paul Sandler
Kerri Stewart
Joel Swanson
Darryl Willie
Scott Witt
Honorary Board
Ivan Clare
Dano Davis
Lenore McCullagh
Elizabeth Petway
Herbert Peyton
Clifford Schultz
Frank Surface
Janet Vaksdal Weaver
Honorary Past Chairs Council
J.F. Bryan,
Howard Coker
Charles Commander
Jed Davis
Matt Fairbairn
Joseph Hixon
J. Michael Hughes
Lewis Lee
David Loeb
Richard Martin
Frank Miller
John A. Mitchell
Thomas Schmidt
Carl "Hap" Stewart
James Stockton
Penny Thompson
Courtenay Wilson