Page 40 - Annual Report 2022

Fundraising

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Melissa Canning of the CZS
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Women’s Board and Michael
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Society’s Board of Trustees.
(Left to right):
CZS President & CEO Dr. Michael J. Adkesson,
CZS Board Chair Cherryl T. Thomas,
Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, and CZS Vice Chair Betsy Bramsen and CZS Life Trustee,
General Superintendent Arnold Randall Jim Bramsen, with one of Brookfield Zoo’s animal ambassadors
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