Zoo Staff Interests

Members of the Saint Louis Zoo staff contribute their time and talents to Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) programs and other collaborative projects. Media interested in talking to them should contact powell@stlzoo.org or childs@stlzoo.org.

Jeffrey P. Bonner, PhD, president and CEO

• Board Chairman, International Species Information System (ISIS)
• Chair, Madagascar Fauna Group
• Project Manager, Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for Humboldt Penguin Conservation in Punta San Juan, Peru
• Board Member, Conservation Breeding Specialists Group (CBSG)
• Member, External Advisory Committee, Duke University Primate Center
• Council Member, World Association of Zoos and Aquariums

William Boever, DVM, director

• Member, AZA Accreditation Committee
• Member and past president, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
• Member and past president, American College of Zoological Medicine
• Member, American Veterinary Medical Association
• Member, St. Louis Veterinary Medical Association
• Member, Animal Welfare Committee, Missouri Veterinary Medical Association
• Member, Board of Directors, Wildlife Rescue Center
• Member, American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians

Charles H. Hoessle, director emeritus

• Past-president and Honorary member, AZA

ANIMAL DIVISION

William Houston, assistant general curator

• Coordinator, Lesser Kudu Population Management Plan
• Coordinator, Addax Species Survival Plan
• Member, Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group
• Member, Steering Committee, Buffalo/Bison/Cattle Taxon Advisory Group
• Member, Steering Committee, Wild Pig and Peccary Taxon Advisory Group
• Member, Antelope and Giraffe Taxon Advisory Group
• Member, Board of Directors, Sahara Conservation Fund
• Institutional Representative, Paraguay Conservation Action Plan
• Project Manager, Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for Sahelo-Saharan Wildlife Recovery

Steve Bircher, curator of mammals/carnivores

• Member, Steering Committee, Taxon Advisory Groups for Felid and Small Carnivore
• Member, Management Group, Species Survival Plans for Cheetah, Lion, Snow Leopard, North American River Otter, Sloth Bear and Sun Bear
• Member, Taxon Advisory Groups for Bear, Canid and Hyaenid
• Institutional Representative, Species Survival Plans for Jaguar, Polar Bear, Red Panda and Spectacled Bear
• Institutional Representative, Population Management Plans for Amur Leopard, California Sea Lion and Puma
• Project Manager, Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for Cheetah Conservation
• Member, American Society of Mammalogists
• Member, The St. Louis Academy of Science

Ingrid Porton, curator of mammals/primates

• Co-director, AZA Wildlife Contraception Center at Saint Louis Zoo
• Coordinator, Species Survival Plans for Black Lemur (Black/Blue-eyed), and Ruffed Lemur (Black and White/Red)
• Vice-chair, Madagascar Fauna Group
• Vice-chair, Contraception Scientific Advisory Group
• Studbook Keeper, International Studbooks for Black Lemur (Black/Blue-eyed) & Ruffed Lemur (Black and White, Red)
• Member, Steering Committee, Posimians Taxon Advisory Group
• Member, CBSG
• Member, Gorilla Behavior Advisory Group
• Member, Management Group, Species Surival Plans for Chimpanzee, Goeldi's Monkey, Mongoose Lemur, Ring-tailed Lemur, and Macaques
• Institutional Representative, Species Survival Plans/Taxon Advisory Groups for Black-and-white Colobus, Cotton-top Tamarin and Golden Lion Tamarin
• Project Manager, Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for Madagascar Conservation
• Member, American Society of Primatologists
• Member, International Society of Primatologists
• Member, IUCN Primate Specialist Group
• Member, Society for Conservation Biology

Michael Macek, curator of birds

• Coordinator, Screamer Population Management Plan
• Chair, Piciformes Taxon Advisory Group
• Member, AZA Regional Conference Program Committee
• Studbook Keeper, North American Regional Studbook for Crested, Horned and Black-necked Screamers
• Member, Management Group, Species Survival Plans for Cinereous Vulture, Congo Peafowl, Great and Rhinoceros Hornbills, Humboldt Penguin and Micronesian Kingfisher
• Member, Steering Committee, Taxon Advisory Groups for Galliformes/Tinamiformes, Penguins and Coraciiformes
• Member, Taxon Advisory Groups for Anseriformes (Ducks/Geese), Ciconiiformes, Columbiformes, Gruiformes, Passeriformes, Cracids and Raptors
• Institutional Representative, Species Survival Plans for Bali Mynah, Wattled Crane, White-naped Crane, Mauritius Pink Pigeon, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Blue Crowned Pigeon and White-winged Wood Duck
• Project Manager, Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for Conservation of the Horned Guan
• Project Co-manager, Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for Humboldt Penguin Conservation in Punta San Juan, Peru
• Member, IUCN/SSC Cracid Specialist Group

Jeff Ettling, curator of reptiles, amphibians and fish

• Coordinator, Ocellated Mountain Viper Population Management Program
• Co-Coordinator, Puerto Rican Crested Toad Species Survival Plan
• Member, AZA Honors and Awards Committee
• Member, Management Group, Aruba Island Rattlesnake Species Survival Plan
• Member, Steering Committee, Crocodilians Taxon Advisory Group
• Institutional Representative, Species Survival Plans for Chinese Alligator, Wyoming Toad and Radiated Tortoise
• Institutional Representative, Taxon Advisory Groups for Amphibians, Chelonians, Crocodilians, Lizards, Snakes and Squamids
• Project Manager, Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for Conservation of Near East Mountain Vipers
• Member, The Herpetologists' League
• Member, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

Martha Fischer, curator of mammals/ungulates

• Chair, Equids Taxon Advisory Group
• Vice-chair, Antelope and Giraffe Taxon Advisory subgroup for Arid Land Antelopes, Gazelles and Pronghorn Antelope
• Coordinator, Grevy's Zebra Species Survival Plan
• Coordinator, Speke's Gazelle Population Management Plan
• Secretary, Elephant Species Survival Plan/Taxon Advisory Group
• Studbook Keeper, North American Regional Studbook for Grevy's zebra
• Studbook Keeper, North American Regional Studbook for Speke's gazelle
• Member, Sterring Committee, Taxon Advisory Group for Bison/Buffalo/Cattle, Wild Pig and Peccary, and Rhinoceros
• Member, Management Group, Species Survival Plan for Babirusa, Banteng, Bongo, Addra and Mhorr Gazelle, and Okapi
• Institutional Representative, Species Survival Plan for Addax, Arabian Oryx, Chacoan Peccary, Black Rhinoceros, and Visayan Warty Pig
• Institutional Representative, Deer Taxon Advisory Group
• Project Manager, Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for Equid Conservation in the Horn of Africa
• Member, Board of Directors, International Elephant Foundation
• Member, East Africa Conservation Action Partnership
• Member, Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group
• Member, IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group
• Member, IUCN/SSC Equid Specialist Group
• Professional member, Elephant Manager's Association

Jane Stevens, curator of invertebrates

• Member, Steering Committee, Terrestrial Invertebrates Taxon Advisory Group
• Member, Aquatic Invertebrates Taxon Advisory Group
• Project Manager, Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for Conservation of the American Burying Beetle
• Member, Coleopterists Society
• Member, Missouri Prairie Foundation

Alice Seyfried, curator/Children's Zoo

• Coordinator, Echidna Population Management Plan
• Co-chair and Newsletter Editor, Children's Zoo Interest Group
• Chair, Marsupials and Monotremes Taxon Advisory Group
• Studbook Keeper, North American Regional Studbook for Short-beaked Echidna
• Advisor, Conservation Education Committee
• Member, Management Group, Tree Kangaroo Species Survival Plan
• Member, Management Group, Queensland Koala Species Survival Group
• Project Manager, Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for Conservation in Papua New Guinea

Rae Lynn Haliday, registrar

• Director, St. Louis Chapter, The Association of Records Managers and Administrators
• Chair-Elect 2006-2007, Zoological Registrars Association
• Member, Institutional Data Management Scientific Advisory Group
• Chair, Government Ownership Committee
• Registrar Advisor, Prosimian Taxon Advisory Group

Terri Hunnicutt, zoological manager/great apes

• Member, Keeper Advisory Committee, Chimpanzee Species Survival Plan
• Moderator, Husbandry Listserv, Chimpanzee Species Survival Plan

Joseph Knobbe, zoological manager/primates

• Vice-coordinator, Baboon Species Survival Plan
• Institutional Representative, Macaque Species Survival Plan
• Studbook Keeper, North American Regional Studbook for Hamadryas Baboon
• Member, Steering Committee, Old World Monkeys Taxon Advisory Group

Cathi Jeltes, zoological manager/River's Edge

• Studbook Keeper, North American Regional Studbook for Somali Wild Ass
• Coordinator, Somali Wild Ass Population Management Plan
• Professional member, Elephant Manager's Association

Diane Wilson, zoological manager/antelope area

• Studbook Keeper, North American Regional Studbook for Guenther's and Kirk's Dik-Dik
• Coordinator, Guenther's and Kirk's Dik-Dik Population Management Plan

Bob Merz, zoological manager/invertebrates

• Member, The Nature Conservancy
• Member, Missouri Prairie Foundation

Anne Tieber, zoological manager/birds

• Studbook Keeper, North American Regional Studbook for Bearded Barbet

Melissa Miller, senior keeper/bird department

• Studbook Keeper, North American Regional Studbook for Lesser Kudu

Eric Jeltes, keeper/birds

• Studbook Keeper, North American Regional Studbook for Sarus Crane
• Coordinator, Sarus Crane Population Management Plan

Mark Wanner, zoological manager/herps and aquatics

• Studbook Keeper, North American Regional Studbook for Green Tree Python

Research Department

Cheryl Asa, Ph.D., director of research

• Co-director, AZA Wildlife Contraception Center at Saint Louis Zoo
• Member, IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group
• Reproduction Advisor, IUCN/SSC Equid Specialist Group
• Reproduction Advisor, Mexican Gray Wolf Species Survival Plan
• Member, Scientific Advisory Groups for Behavior, Biomaterials Banking, Reproduction, and Research Coordinators Committee
• Project Manager, Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for MesoAmerican Conservation, Bosawas
• Chair, Contraception Scientific Advisory Group
• Member, Survival Service Commission, CBSG
• Member, Science and Technology Committee
• Member, Editorial Board, ZOO BIOLOGY
• Member, Taxon Advisory Groups for Buffalo/Bison/Cattle, Canid/Hyenid, Antelope and Giraffe, Small Carnivore and Equid
• Member, Executive Advisory Board, International Center for Tropical Ecology UMSL
• Founding member, Mesomerican Society of Biology & Conservation
• Member, Society of Conservation Biology
• Consultant, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mexican Wolf Recovery Team
• Member, U.S. National Park Service Channel Island Fox Recovery Team

Karen Bauman, laboratory manager

• Coordinator, Fennec Fox Species Survival Plan
• Studbook Keeper, North American Regional Studbook for Fennec Fox
• Secretary, Canids/Hyenids Taxon Advisory Group
• Member, Taxon Advisory Groups for Anseriformes, Antelope and Giraffe, Bison/Buffalo/Cattle, Canid and Hyaenid
• Member, Scientific Advisory Groups for Biomaterials Banking, Institutional Data Management, and Reproduction
• Member, IUCN/SSC Canid Specialty Group
• Member, International Society for Biotelemetry
• Member, Remote Sensing & GIS Working Group, The Wildlife Society
• Member, American Society of Mammalogists
• Member, U.S. National Park Service Channel Island Fox Recovery Team

Joan Bauman, endocrinologist

• Member, Contraception and Reproduction Scientific Advisory Groups
• Chairman, Education Committee, Clinical Ligand Assay Society

Conservation Division

Eric Miller, DVM, Dipl. ACAM, director of WildCare Institute

• Board Member, AZA Giant Panda Foundation (2003-2006)
• Veterinary Advisor, Rhinoceros Taxon Advisory Group
• Associate Veterinary Advisor, Tiger Species Survival Plan
• Member, Veterinary Specialist Group of IUCN
• Member, European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians
• Member, Executive Board, World Association of Wildlife Veterinarians
• Scientific Advisor, International Zoo Yearbook
• Co-Editor, Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, 4th through 6th Editions
• Member, Veterinary Subcommittee, CBSG Advisory Board
• Project Co-manager, Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for Avian Health in the Galapagos Islands

Animal Health/Nutrition Department

Randy Junge, DVM, director of animal health and nutrition

• Vice-chair, Biomaterials Banking Scientific Advisory Group
• Veterinary Advisor, Ruffed Lemur Restocking Project, Madagascar Conservation Action Plan
• Veterinary Advisor, Reintroduction Scientific Advisory Group
• Veterinary Advisor, Species Survival Plans for Lemur (Black/Blue-eyed Black), Cheetah, Micronesian Kingfisher, and Ocellated Mountain Viper
• Veterinary Advisor, Prosimians Taxon Advisory Group
• Member, Association of Avian Veterinarians
• Member, American Society of Primatology
• Member, Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians
• Member, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
• Member, AZA Animal Health Committee
• Diplomate, American College of Zoological Medicine

Martha Weber, DVM, staff veterinarian

• Veterinary Advisor, Species Survival Plans for Ruffed lemurs (Black and white, Red)
• Veterinary Advisor, Pelicaniformes Taxon Advisory Group
• Member, Contraception Scientific Advisory Group
• AAZV Representative, AZA Animal Data Information System Committee
• AAZV Co-chair, Zoological Information Management System Committee
• Member, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians

Mary Duncan, BVMS, veterinary pathologist

• Pathology Advisor, Species Survival Plans for Black Rhinoceros and Okapi
• Pathology Advisor, Old World Monkeys Taxon Advisory Group
• Member, Biomaterials Banking Scientific Advisory Group
• Member, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
• Member, AAZV Education Committee

Ellen Dierenfeld, Ph.D, staff nutritionist

• Nutrition Advisor, Species Survival Plans for Asian Wild Horse, Babirusa, Bali Mynah, Cheetah, Giant Panda, Hornbill (Great and Rhinoceros), Lion-tailed Macaque, Rhinocerous (Black and Sumatran), Tiger
• Nutrition Advisor, Taxon Advisory Groups for Ape, Canid & Hyena, Ciconiiformes, Elephant, Felid, Marsupial & Monotreme, Rhinoceros
• Member, Nutrition Scientific Advisory Group
• Member, AZA Program Committee
• Member, Animal Data Information Systems Committee Interest Group
• Scientific Advisor, Zoo Conservation Outreach Group
• Scientific Advisor, The Lubee Conservancy
• Scientific Advisor, International Rhino Foundation, Nature Conservation Trust
• Member, Comparative Nutrition Society
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Reptilian & Amphibian Medicine and Surgery
• Member, Editorial Board, Zoo Biology
• Member, Editorial Board, Smithsonian Institution Press
• Member, CBSG

Education Department

Louise Bradshaw, director of education

• Member, AZA Regional Conference Program Committee
• Education Liaison, Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for MesoAmerican Conservation, Bosawas
• Member, AZA Executive Conference Committee
• Member, Graphics Advisory Group
• Advisor, Conservation Education Committee
• Instructor and Course Administrator, Conservation Education Academy
• Member, The St. Louis Academy of Science

Marketing Department

Ginnie Westmoreland, director of marketing

• Member, AZA Development and Membership Committee
• Member, AZA Conference Management Subcommittee

Facilities Management

David F. McGuire, A.I.A., director

• Member, Green Practices Scientific Advisory Group
• Member, Aquarium and Zoo Facilities Association

Management Information Systems

Jerry French, manager

• Advisor, AZA Zoo Information Management System