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Mission Statement

The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association is a nonprofit corporation created to support the Los Angeles Zoo in its mission to nurture wildlife and enrich the human experience. GLAZA's primary responsibility is to seek and provide financial support for the Zoo’s programs and capital projects. GLAZA performs other support functions as requested by the Zoo Director.

GLAZA President

Connie Morgan

GLAZA Administration

Eugenia Vasels, Vice President, Institutional Advancement
Jeb Bonner, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Patti Glover, Director of Special Events and Travel
Brenda Posada, Director of Publications
Christopher Gruin, Director of Information Technology
Gillian Efros, Director of Membership

GLAZA Foundation

Lani Hall Alpert
Rod Banks
Betty White Ludden
Ann Moss
Margaret Rose Perenchio

Board of Trustees

Officers

Tom Mankiewicz, Chairman
Gary Kaplan, Vice-Chair
Laura Z. Wasserman, Vice-Chair
Phyllis Kupferstein, Secretary
Robert N. Ruth, Treasurer

 

Trustees

Raul A. Anaya Peter Arkley Margot Armbruster Jeryl Bowers Russell Brown Richard D. Byrd Mohan Chandramohan Nancy Dennis Jeffrey D. Dintzer Nick Franklin Lorraine Freeberg

Jonathan Jaffrey Angela Janklow Francie Klein Matthew Krieger Richard Lichtenstein Betty White Ludden John Manning Ron Mardigian Amanda Massucci Kathy Nelson Dominic J. Ornato

Holly Robinson Peete Beth Price Lori Winters Samuels Rob Shepherd Slash Jessica Cullen Smith Richard Sneider Madeline Taft Jonathan Y. Thomas Dana Walden Jennifer Thornton Wieland

Trustees Emeritus

Willard Z. Carr Jr., Richard Corgel, Ed N. Harrison, Mrs. Max K. Jamison, Lloyd A. Levitin, Mrs. John F. Maher, William G. McGagh, Dickinson C. Ross, Shelby Kaplan Sloan, Thomas R. Tellefsen, Polly Turpin