BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bob is a well-rounded zoo professional with decades of hands-on experience in the care and welfare of animals, and management and professional development of zoo staff. Since April 2020, he had been the Associate Director of Animal Care at Utah's Hogle Zoo. Bob recently retired in June 2024. From 2015 until 2020, he was the General Manager and Curator of Big Bear Alpine Zoo, a small zoo located at 7,000 feet of elevation in the San Bernardino mountains just outside Los Angeles. Prior to Big Bear, Bob worked at the San Diego Zoo for over 22 years as an Animal Care supervisor. Additionally, he served on the board of directors for the American Association of Zoo Keepers for eight years, with four of those eight years as president. Similarly, Bob served on the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Professional Development Committee for four years. He also served 7 years on the executive board at the California Wolf Center, and on AZA's IDMAG (Institutional Data Management Advisory Group). In the early part of his career, he worked at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology as a research technician.

Kathryn has been in the animal care field for over 20 years. She is currently the Curator of Collections at Binder Park Zoo. Kathryn has been part of the CaLL board since 2018.​ Kathryn also serves on the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Cheetah SAFE and African Painted Dog SAFE committees, along with being on the AZA Ringtail and African Painted Dog management groups.

Jameson Weston worked at Utah’s Hogle Zoo for over 25 years as the Zoo’s Art Director, drawing and photographing the animals was always a favorite pastime. Jameson fell in love with Africa on his first trip to Rwanda in 1996 visiting the Mountain Gorillas. In the years since, Jameson has been back multiple times to Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana. Jameson first met Mary Wykstra at Hogle Zoo where they shared an office for many years until she made her big move to Kenya. Since then, they have remained close and Jameson has served on the ACK Board as well as helping with the COOL Craft project and leading the ACK Adventure Safaris to Kenya. It has been especially rewarding for Jameson to be able to introduce so many friends and family to Mary and the amazing work of ACK.