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(Back row; left to right): Sandra Becky, Leigh Sasser, Ann Grube, Melissa
Canning, Romana Malinowski, Shannon Nourbash, Rashada Hamlin
Celebrating the (Front row; left to right): Josie Croll, Jennifer Popish, Sasha Gerritson,
Stephanie Bryan Kangas

Women’s Board

The dedicated and hard-working members of the Women’s Conservation Committee
Board of the Chicago Zoological Society play a vital role • Detection and Variation of Urinary Phthalate Metabolites
in advancing our mission through their philanthropic in Common Bottlenose Dolphins
support, community outreach, and contributions to our • Avian Nutrition Research Project
efforts to promote animal care and welfare, conservation,
and education. • Pangolin Nutrition Research Project
Since its founding nearly 30 years ago, the Women’s • The Dolphins of Sarasota Bay: Lessons from 50 Years
Board has raised more than $32 million to support the of Research and Conservation
Society, and we are grateful for its partnership. In 2020, • Field Testing and Accuracy of GPS and Satellite-Linked
members secured more than $1.3 million through the Telemetry Tags for Small Cetaceans
success of their Virtu-Whirl, a virtual transition of the • DNA-based Diet Analysis of Coastal Predators Along
annual Whirl gala. the Central West Coast of Florida
Proceeds from the event were used by the Women’s Education & Outreach Committee
Board to award scholarships to five young women and
men who plan to pursue conservation studies in college • CZS Volunteer Program
or enter conservation careers. • NatureStart™ Professional Development
In 2020, the Women’s Board provided support for • Zoo for All Access and Inclusion Programming
the following programs: • Institute of Science Teaching Excellence
• King Conservation Leadership Academy

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