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Board of trustees

orangutan Jolene crouching with hands around bamboo

Board Officers

Melanie Billings-Yun, Chair
Professor — retired, Georgetown & Portland State University

Kim Overhage, Immediate Past Chair
Community volunteer, retired engineer 

Charissa Anderson, Vice Chair
Sr. V.P. West Bearing Investments, a division of Ferguson Wellman Capital Management

Lance Inouye, Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer, NFN Investments, LLC

Allegra Hodges, Secretary
Strategy Integration, PGE

Board Members

Hope Alabi
Community volunteer

Melissa Bobadilla
Attorney, Bobadilla Law P.C.

Cheryl L. Hammond 
Community volunteer 

Nina Harrington
Controller, Schlesinger Companies

Susan Hartnett
Community volunteer

Jeremy Horner
V.P., Individual Disability Insurance, The Standard-Standard Insurance Company

John D. Hull 
Community volunteer, retired finance industry

Tyler James
Point Forward Wealth Advisors 

Allen Kim
US Bank

Michael Kim
Dr. Michael Kim Facial Plastic Surgery 

Colin Ma
Retina NW PC

Teresa Malarkey
Work'n Pawz

Sally Manafi
Standard Insurance

Jennifer Martin
Stoel Rives, LLP

Laurel Matthews
Oregon Health & Science University

Amber Nyssen
Tillamook County Creamery Association

Ron Petersen
Community volunteer, retired cardiologist

Christopher Rossi
First Tech Credit Union

Sharla Settlemier
Community Volunteer, retired Nike

Hannah Smith
PacifiCorp

Nancy Jo Visenberg
Community volunteer

Doug Wade
Executive Vice President and CFO, Warner Pacific University

Barbara Wegner
Retired, Providence Health Systems, ZooGuide since 2005

Chelsea Williams
Financial Analyst, Axon

Yang Yang
CFO, Travel Portland

Gina Zejdlik
Director of Policy and Government Affairs, Atlas Agro

Ex-officio Members

Laurie Christensen
Trustee Emeritus 

Tracey Clark
Trustee Emeritus

Rob Erickson 
Trustee Emeritus 

C. Kregg Hanson
Trustee Emeritus 

Dan Jarman 
Trustee Emeritus 

Josef Kiesenhofer
Trustee Emeritus 

Mark Loomis 
Trustee Emeritus

Councilor Ashton Simpson 
Metro Council District 1 

Councilor Christine Lewis 
Metro Council District 2

Councilor Gerritt Rosenthal
Metro Council District 3 

Heidi Rahn 
Oregon Zoo Director 

Mike Hogan
Foundation Director, Oregon Zoo Foundation