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The mission <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Zoological</strong> <strong>Society</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Milwaukee</strong> is to participate in<br />
conserving endangered species, to educate people<br />
about the importance <strong>of</strong> wildlife and the environment,<br />
and to support the <strong>Milwaukee</strong> County Zoo.<br />
2009-2010 Board <strong>of</strong> Directors<br />
Directors<br />
Robert Anger<br />
Thom Brown<br />
Paul Cadorin<br />
Michael G. Carter<br />
George Dalton<br />
Dr. Robert Davis<br />
Tom Dempsey<br />
Dave Eager<br />
Michael M. Grebe, Jr.<br />
Karen Hung<br />
Katherine Hust<br />
Michael T. Jones<br />
Karen Peck Katz<br />
Maria Gonzalez Knavel<br />
Joe Kresl<br />
Caroline Krider<br />
James Kuehn<br />
Thomas (T.J.) Marini<br />
Allen Martin<br />
Quinn Martin<br />
*Chair <strong>of</strong> the Board<br />
2009-2010 Associate Board <strong>of</strong> Directors<br />
Meghan Shannon<br />
Tricia Shinners<br />
Brookellen Teuber<br />
Peter Underwood<br />
Laura Vogt<br />
Eido Walny<br />
Ken Wein<br />
Mark Zimmerman<br />
Directors<br />
Anthony Baish<br />
Deb Blommer<br />
Bill Bussler<br />
Matthew D’Attilio<br />
Cherie Eckmann<br />
Mary Ellen Enea<br />
Jennifer Fahey<br />
Darryll Fortune<br />
Joseph Frohna<br />
Gigi Gamboa<br />
Tammy Scully Garrison<br />
George Justice<br />
Karen Loth<br />
Maureen Mack<br />
Pat McQuillan<br />
Jim Olson<br />
Kent Oren<br />
Margie Paur*<br />
*Associate Board President<br />
President/CEO<br />
Dr. Robert M. Davis<br />
Communications,<br />
Marketing & Membership<br />
Robin Higgins,<br />
Vice President<br />
Jack McKeithan<br />
Jay McKenna<br />
Kat Morrow<br />
Margie Paur**<br />
Jill Grootemat Pelisek<br />
Gina Alberts Peter<br />
Richard Podell<br />
Joan Prince, Ph.D.<br />
Scott Redlinger<br />
James C. Rowe<br />
Barry Sattell<br />
Andrew T. Sawyer, Jr.<br />
Rick Schmidt<br />
Billie Jean Smith<br />
Judy Holz Stathas<br />
David Strelitz<br />
Rich Tennessen*<br />
Gregory Wesley<br />
Jane Wierzba<br />
Ray Wilson<br />
Anne Zizzo<br />
**Associate Board President<br />
Honorary Directors<br />
Bob Anger<br />
David Batten<br />
Lori Bechthold<br />
Nora Dreske<br />
John Fleckenstein<br />
Mike Fox<br />
Linda Grunau<br />
Eli Guzniczak<br />
Lee Walther Kordus<br />
2009-2010 <strong>Zoological</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Management Staff<br />
Development<br />
Karen Von Rueden,<br />
Vice President<br />
Finance/Administration<br />
John Heindel, CPA,<br />
Vice President<br />
Creative<br />
Marcia T. Sinner,<br />
Director<br />
<strong>Zoological</strong> <strong>Society</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Milwaukee</strong> Annual Report 2009-2010<br />
Honorary Directors<br />
William J. Abraham, Jr.<br />
John B. Burns<br />
William M. Chester, Jr.<br />
Stephen M. Dearholt<br />
Richard A. Gallun<br />
Edward A. Grede<br />
John A. Hazelwood<br />
Robert A. Kahlor<br />
Ann McNeer<br />
Sandi Moomey<br />
William G. Moomey<br />
Jeff Neuenschwander<br />
Bernard J. Peck<br />
Kurt W. Remus, Jr.<br />
Jay Robertson<br />
John W. Taylor<br />
Allen W. Williams, Jr.<br />
Paul Wong<br />
Bernard C. Ziegler III<br />
Peter Kordus<br />
Joe Kresl<br />
Quinn Martin<br />
Kat Morrow<br />
Katie Pionkoski<br />
Richard J. Podell<br />
Bunny Raasch-<br />
Hooten<br />
Arlene Remsik<br />
Barry Sattell<br />
Dan Schwabe<br />
Randy Scoville<br />
Judy Holz Stathas<br />
Jeff Steren<br />
David Strelitz<br />
James Szymanski<br />
Kathleen Toohey<br />
Jane Wierzba<br />
Ray Wilson<br />
2009-2010 Foundation for Wildlife Conservation, Inc.**<br />
Board <strong>of</strong> Directors 9-30-2010<br />
Judy Derse, chair<br />
Gil Boese, Ph.D., president<br />
Robert M. Davis, DVM<br />
Gerald Gerndt<br />
Michael Grebe<br />
Mike Guzniczak<br />
Scott Haag<br />
Leander R. Jennings<br />
Karen Peck Katz<br />
2<br />
Maria Gonzalez-Knavel<br />
Charles A. Krause<br />
Steve Mahler<br />
Honorary Director<br />
Bernard J. Peck<br />
**FWC has partnered with the <strong>Zoological</strong> <strong>Society</strong> to<br />
carry out and advance some <strong>of</strong> its major conservation,<br />
education and research programs.<br />
Education<br />
James Mills,<br />
Director<br />
Technology/<br />
Membership Services<br />
Dominic Schanen,<br />
Director<br />
CEO’s Letter<br />
Reflecting on history can be very<br />
useful and even fun. Normally annual<br />
reports look back at just recent history.<br />
For our 2009-2010 fiscal year,<br />
however, we got to look back on 100<br />
years, back to when the <strong>Zoological</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong> was founded in 1910.<br />
I continue to be inspired by so many<br />
leaders and families over the years<br />
who have supported and built the<br />
<strong>Zoological</strong> <strong>Society</strong> and the <strong>Milwaukee</strong><br />
County Zoo to the quality they are today.<br />
It’s fun to look back on the Zoo’s<br />
long tradition <strong>of</strong> exhibiting large animals<br />
such as elephants, hippos and polar<br />
bears. All these animals had names and<br />
personalities that <strong>Milwaukee</strong>ans fell in<br />
love with. I’m happy to say that you can<br />
go back and read about them thanks to<br />
60 years <strong>of</strong> archived publications that<br />
the <strong>Zoological</strong> <strong>Society</strong> put online in 2010. You can access publications<br />
back to 1951 on our Web site at www.zoosociety.org. From the home<br />
page, select “membership” and then “publication archive.”<br />
We’re proud that the <strong>Zoological</strong> <strong>Society</strong>, in our first 50 years, bought<br />
many <strong>of</strong> what would become the Zoo’s most popular animals. We’re<br />
proud that the <strong>Society</strong> was the driving force in moving the Zoo from its<br />
limited quarters in <strong>Milwaukee</strong>’s Washington Park to the much larger and<br />
more wooded space facing Blue Mound Road. We’re proud that in the last<br />
quarter-century the <strong>Zoological</strong> <strong>Society</strong> has led two capital campaigns to<br />
improve the Zoo with new exhibits and new buildings. In fact every year<br />
we raise money to build something new at the Zoo, to bring in traveling<br />
exhibits and to improve educational <strong>of</strong>ferings.<br />
We’re especially proud <strong>of</strong> our volunteers. Zoo Pride, the <strong>Society</strong>’s<br />
volunteer auxiliary, celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2010. This<br />
exceptional group has donated well more than 1 million hours to the<br />
<strong>Society</strong> and the Zoo. To read about some <strong>of</strong> their individual stories, go to<br />
www.zoosociety.org/whywevolunteer. In the end it is individual people<br />
who build an organization and an institution. We hope you enjoy reading<br />
about some <strong>of</strong> our accomplishments in this report. We also hope you<br />
continue to be one <strong>of</strong> those people who believes in our mission, supports<br />
us and takes us into the future.<br />
Dr. Robert Davis, Chief Executive Officer<br />
Editor<br />
Paula Brookmire<br />
CONTENTS<br />
2009-2010 Annual Report summary ......3-10<br />
Serengeti Circle ...................... 11<br />
Platypus <strong>Society</strong> ...................... 12<br />
Simba <strong>Society</strong>/Endowments ............. 13<br />
Annual Appeal ...................... 14<br />
Sponsor an Animal. ................... 14<br />
Financial Summary ................... 15<br />
The 2009-2010 <strong>Zoological</strong> <strong>Society</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Milwaukee</strong>’s (ZSM’s) annual report is published<br />
online as <strong>of</strong> September 30, 2011. It is available in a PDF file for download at www.<br />
zoosociety.org/annualreport. The ZSM has headquarters at 10005 W. Blue Mound Rd.,<br />
<strong>Milwaukee</strong>, Wis. 53226. Call (414) 258-2333 for information.<br />
Graphic Designer<br />
Isaiah Chentnik<br />
Photographer<br />
Richard Brodzeller<br />
(unless otherwise noted)<br />
On the cover<br />
<strong>Milwaukee</strong> County Zoo Director Chuck Wikenhauser (left) and Dr. Robert Davis,<br />
President and CEO <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Zoological</strong> <strong>Society</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Milwaukee</strong>, mark the ZSM’s<br />
Centennial Celebration Kick<strong>of</strong>f with cake.
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