Mission: Roger Williams Park Zoo strives to engage guests in an extraordinary and unique educational experience to improve their understanding of and appreciation for the natural world. We contribute significantly to the conservation of our Earth's animals, plants and other natural resources by challenging ourselves and our audience to act as responsible environmental stewards. Roger Williams Park Zoo is supported and managed by the Rhode Island Zoological Society and is owned by the city of Providence.
Year founded: 1872
President: Dr. Jeremy Goodman
2015 revenue: $8 million
Officers:
Maribeth Q. Williamson, chair
West Warwick
Howard Merten, vice chair
Partner, Partridge, Snow & Hahn LLP
Sandra L. Coletta, treasurer
Providence
Margaret Ferguson, secretary
Coventry
Board members
Kristen Adamo
Vice president, marketing & communications, Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau
Nancy J. Allen
Foxboro
Douglas Caniglia
Owner/president, DCI Construction Inc.
Barbara S. Cottam
Executive vice president, R.I. market executive/head of corporate affairs, Citizens Bank
Dana L. Goldberg
Vice president of tax, Textron Inc.
Suzanne M. Hall
Providence
Dr. James S. Harper III
Director, animal care (retired), Brown University
Mark Haskins
Senior vice president, relationship manager, R.I. commercial lending, Sovereign Bank New England
Lisa P. Koelle
Senior vice president, investments, Wells Fargo Advisors LLC
Patrick T. LeBeau
Managing director, private client adviser, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.
Kimberley M. Little
Middletown
Elizabeth Rollins Mauran
Providence
Elaine Moy-Gederman
Smithfield
John J. Palumbo
Owner/president, Rhode Island Monthly Communications Inc.
Martha Roberts
Barrington
Trustees ex-ofFicio
Dr. Jeremy Goodman
Executive director, Roger Williams Park Zoo President, Rhode Island Zoological Society
Wendy Nilsson
Superintendent of parks, Providence Parks Department