Trends Committee

Mission

• Identifies, evaluates and prioritizes industry and external trends to provide actionable, forward-looking data and tools so that AZA is able to strategically anticipate and meet the needs of its members
• Provides recommendations to AZA staff and committees regarding how best to educate AZA members to use data correctly

Chair
Dolf DeJong, Toronto Zoo

Vice-Chair
Debra Erickson, Atlantis, Paradise Island

Members
Scott Carter, Detroit Zoo
Jane Casanta, Event Network
Bob Chabot, Zoo New England
Nik Dehejia, Oakland Zoo
Megan Dickerson, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Rick Dietz, Northwest Trek Wildlife Park
Dan Dipiazzo, Georgia Aquarium
Andrea Marcela Echeverry Alcendra, Indianapolis Zoological Society, Inc.
Norah Fletchall, Great Plains Zoo
Jennifer Gauble, Saint Louis Zoo
Richard Glover Jr., Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Garden
Ali Haney, Schaefer Advertising Co.
AJ Harper, Fort Wayne Children's Zoo
Audra Jesudason, Houston Zoo
John Kemper, PGAV Destinations
Scott Lobaugh, The SSA Group
Dan Maloney, Louisville Zoological Garden
Danielle Mosteller, Roger Williams Park Zoo
Griffin Muli, South Carolina Aquarium
Brian O'Connell, Utah's Hogle Zoo
Anthony Rivera, Clearwater Marine Aquarium
James Sheard, Elmwood Park Zoo
Debbi Stone, The Florida Aquarium
Krista Swan, Oregon Zoo
Jaime Yablonicky, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Board Liaison
Douglas Piekarz, Akron Zoological Park

Committee Liaison
Ellen Averill, Tulsa Zoo

AZA Staff Liaison
Sarah Milberg