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
Mark MacAllister
Conservation Officer
[email]
Susan Parker
Corporate Engagement Officer
336.879.7268
[email]
Chris Scott
Development Officer
336.879.7256
[email]
Kelly Nields
Corporate Engagement Specialist
336.879.7252
[email]
Karen Brown
Accounting Officer
336.879.7289
[email]
Stephanie Cox
Data Processing Specialist
336.879.7257
[email]
Lindsay Harris
Membership & Adopts Specialist
336.879.7250
[email]
Angie Kahn
Development & Corporate Specialist, Executive Assistant
336.879.7277
[email]
Becca Sigafoos
Communication & Education Specialist
336.879.7274
[email]
Amber Nahas
Database/Accounts Analyst & Safety Coordinator
336.879.7287
[email]
Toni Baugh
Constituency Specialist
336.879.7285
[email]
Office Staff (continued)
Tina McDowell
Administrative Specialist
336.879.7270
[email]
John Payne
Donor Relations Officer
336.879.7259
[email]
Karen Powell
Special Events Coordinator
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
336.879.7265
Karen Allen
Retail Store Manager - Earth Explorer/ Scooterbug Rentals
336.879.7267
Anna Cooke
Freight Tech/Assistant Manager
Elizabeth Curtis
Associate Manager/Freight Tech
336.879.7264
Emma Davis
Freight Tech/Assistant Retail Manager
336.879.7267
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.