The Chattanooga Zoo is owned by the City of Chattanooga and is managed by Friends of the Zoo, Inc. – a 501 (c) (3) organization.

Executive Committee
  • Andy Stone, Chair
  • Niraj Shah, Vice Chair
  • William Decosimo, Treasurer
  • Joe Horn, Secretary
Board of Directors
  • Chris Anderson
  • Sam Berry
  • Sharon Brooks
  • Julia Bursch
  • William Decosimo
  • Kristy Donoho
  • Chad Frank
  • Jill Green
  • Joe Horn
  • Pete Lapina
  • Jay Robinson
  • Niraj Shah
  • Tripp Stephens
  • Andy Stone
  • Lloyd Turley
  • Bob Stewart (ex-officio member)
Founders Circle
  • Gary Chazen
  • Tom Donovan (deceased)
  • Mimi Warner Iverson
  • Joe Johnson
  • Dr. Richard Krause (deceased)
  • Dr. Mickey Myers
  • Pete Serodino
  • Doug Warner
  • Sonia Young (deceased)
Staff

Donation Requests

The Chattanooga Zoo is always happy to support the fundraising efforts of our local community. If you are a 501c3 organization located within 50 miles of the Chattanooga Zoo, we welcome you to apply for a donation to your cause. The Zoo donates 4 general admission tickets to donation requests we deem worthy of our donation. Each month we will accept at most 50 requests. Once that limit of 50 has been reached each month, we will not send out any others that month. Applicants will be notified if they apply after the limit of 50 has been reached so they can try again the next month if possible. We will send tickets out via email within 5-7 business days of accepting a request.