Board of trustees
Board Officers
Kim Overhage, Chair
Community volunteer, retired engineer
Sharla Settlemier, Immediate Past Chair
Community volunteer, retired Nike
Melanie Billings-Yun, Vice Chair
Professor - retired, Georgetown and Portland State University
Charissa Anderson, Treasurer
Sr. V.P. West Bearing Investments, a division of Ferguson Wellman Capital Management
Barbara Wegner, Secretary
Retired, Regional Director of Access Services, Providence Health Systems, zoo guide since 2005
Board Members
Melissa Bobadilla
Attorney, Bobadilla Law P.C.
Laurie Christensen
Community volunteer, retired ophthalmologist
Kevin Hanna
President and CEO, Lions Capital Mortgage
Nina Harrington
Controller, Schlesinger Companies
Susan Hartnett
Community volunteer
Allegra Hodges
Strategy Integration, Portland General Electric
Jeremy Horner
V.P., Individual Disability Insurance, The Standard-Standard Insurance Company
Tom Hughes
Former President, Metro Council
Lance Inouye
CFO, NFN Investments, LLC
Josef Kiesenhofer
Regional Sales Director, GlaxoSmithKline
Niels Marquardt
Ambassador in Residence, Lewis and Clark College
Ron Petersen
Community volunteer, retired cardiologist
Bandana Shrestha
State Director, AARP
Hannah Smith
Senior Power Trader, Avangrid Renewables
Randy Tesar
Community volunteer, retired veterinarian
Becky Tymchuk
Community volunteer, Tymchuk Consulting
Kim VanSyoc
Executive Director, Banfield Foundation
Nancy Jo Visenberg
Community volunteer
Doug Wade
Executive Vice President and CFO, Warner Pacific University
Chelsea Williams
Financial Analyst, Ampere
Yang Yang
CFO, Travel Portland
Gina Zejdlik
Director of Policy and Government Affairs, Atlas Agro
Ex-officio Members
Dan Jarman
Trustee Emeritus
Mark Loomis
Trustee Emeritus
C. Kregg Hanson
Trustee Emeritus
Rob Erickson
Trustee Emeritus
Sigrid Button
Trustee Emeritus in Memoriam
Tracey Clark
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
Sharla Settlemier
Interim Executive Director, Oregon Zoo Foundation