Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO PROVIDE ALL ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER SERVICES AND SUPPORT REQUIRED OR CONTEMPLATED BY CHAPTER 92B OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS TO THE FRANKLIN PARK ZOO AND THE WALTER D. STONE MEMORIAL ZOO, TO ANY OTHER AGENCY OR ENTITY REFERENCED THEREIN, AND ACT INDEPENDENTLY IN CONNECTION WITH ZOOLOGICAL MATTERS. FURTHERMORE, ZOO NEW ENGLAND'S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO PROTECT AND SUSTAIN THE NATURAL WORLD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS BY CREATING FUN AND ENGAGING EXPERIENCES THAT INTEGRATE WILDLIFE AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION.
FOLLOWING LAST YEAR'S RECORD-BREAKING ATTENDANCE OF 708,278 VISITORS WE WERE ON TRACK FOR ANOTHER RECORD-BREAKING YEAR WITH A GOAL OF 715,830 VISITORS. DUE TO COVID 19 PANDEMIC, ZOO NEW ENGLAND ENDED FY 20 WITH 501,975 IN TOTAL ATTENDANCE. IN FY 20, MEMBERSHIP REVENUES FROM OVER 15,000 MEMBER HOUSEHOLDS BROUGHT IN OVER $1,500,000 IN REVENUE.
ANIMAL CARE AND EXHIBITSAS OF JUNE 30, 2020, FRANKLIN PARK ZOO FEATURES 64 PUBLIC ANIMAL EXHIBITS AND STONE ZOO FEATURES 46. ZOO NEW ENGLAND IS HOME TO MORE THAN 2,277 ANIMALS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 205 DIFFERENT SPECIES. ACQUISITIONS AT FRANKLIN PARK ZOO INCLUDED EIGHT FEMALE BLACK WELSH MOUNTAIN SHEEP, A MALE AND A FEMALE KEA, AND A FEMALE KORI BUSTARD. AT STONE ZOO, SIGNIFICANT ACQUISITIONS INCLUDED SIX YOUNG MEXICAN GRAY WOLVES, A FEMALE NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER, AND A FEMALE COATIMUNDI. SIX ROCK HYRAX WERE ALSO BORN AT STONE ZOO.
EDUCATION/ TEENS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN FY 20, ZOO NEW ENGLAND REACHED APPROXIMATELY HALF AS MANY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS FOR IN-PERSON AND OFF-SITE PROGRAMS AS IN FY 19. SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AFTER-SCHOOL, GROUP PROGRAMS, OVERNIGHTS AND OTHER PROGRAMS REACHED 7,688 PARTICIPANTS COMPARED WITH 13,849 IN FY 19. THIS DRAMATIC DECREASE IS DUE TO COVID-RELATED CANCELLATION OF SCHEDULED PROGRAMS DURING OUR BUSIEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| John Linehan | PRESIDENT & CEO | 40 | $134,604 |
| Robert Chabot | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | 40 | $126,525 |
| Cynthia Mead | VP OF OUTREACH | 40 | $124,229 |
| Satnarine Hariprasad | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE | 40 | $108,158 |
| David Caron | VP - DEVELOPMENT | 40 | $103,222 |
| Carolyn Vaughan | VP - DEVELOPMENT | 40 | $103,000 |
| Eric Baitchman | VP - ANIMAL HEALTH & CONSERVATION | 40 | $98,984 |
| Maura Lucia Celli | VP - ANIMAL CARE | 40 | $5,385 |
| Peter Wilson | DIRECTOR, TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Janice Houghton | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Thomas Tinlin | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| David Porter | CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Thomas Feeley | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Steven Hinterneder | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ruth Ellen Fitch | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ronnie Kanarek | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Peter Roberts | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Kelly | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Giovino | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Leeann Horner | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Rory Browne | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Kathleen Vieweg | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Kate Guedj | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Gordon Carr | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Francesco De Vito | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Douglass Lober | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Colin Van Dyke | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Claudia Richter Md | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Christy Keswick | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
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