Staff
Executive Director
Cheryl Armstrong
336.879.7284
[email]
Directors
Andrea King
Director of Finance & HR Officer
336.879.7254
[email]
Jayne Owen Parker, Ph.D.
Director of Communications and Education
336.879.7273
[email]
Lisa Smith
Director of Donor Relations
336.879.7251
[email]
Tonya Saunders
Director of Membership
336.879.7258
[email]
David Whitaker
Director of Retail
336.879.7269
[email]
Office Staff
Kelli Akins
Staff Accountant
336-879-72878
[email
Mark MacAllister
Conservation Officer
[email]
Susan Parker
Major Gifts & Engagement Officer
336.879.7268
[email]
Alexis Rowe
Capital Campaign Coordinator
336-879-7297
[email]
Chris Scott
Development Officer and Corporate Counsel
336.879.7256
[email]
Kelly Nields
Corporate Membership Officer
336.879.7252
[email]
Amy Brown
Membership Assistant
336.879.7250
[email]
Stephanie Cox
Data Processing Specialist
336.879.7257
[email]
Lindsay Harris
Membership & Adopts Specialist
336.879.7250
[email]
Brandon Rhoten
Donor Relations Specialists
336.879.7365
[email]
Becca Sigafoos
Communication & Education Specialist
336.879.7274
[email]
Office Staff (continued)
Toni Baugh
Constituency Specialist
336.879.7285
[email]
Tina McDowell
Donor Relations Administrative Specialist
336.879.7270
[email]
John Payne
Donor Relations Officer
336.879.7259
[email]
Karen Powell
Donor Relations Officer/Events
336.879.7262
[email]
Sabrina Perdue
On-Site Membership Service Specialist
Retail Staff
Mona Ghorab
Associate Retail Director/Buyer/Manager Africa and Junction Traders Gift Shops
336.879.7261
Karen Allen
Retail Store Manager - Earth Explorer/ Scooterbug Rentals
336.879.7262
Anna Cooke
Freight Tech/Assistant Manager
Elizabeth Curtis
Associate Manager
336.879.7264
Devan Cagle
Retail Key Holder
336.879.7267
Zoe Eaton
Retail Key Holder
336-879-7264
Linda Hobbs
Assistant Manager - Earth Exporer
336.879.7267
Website Photographs
Unless captioned otherwise, all animal photographs on this website are the work of Valerie Abbott, a long-time volunteer at the North Carolina Zoo. To see more of Valerie's photographs, visit her Flickr page.