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Amid investigations and the resignations of top executives, Columbus Zoo board members said they want integrity, experience and diversity in new CEO.

Columbus Zoo board discusses transparency, changes amid investigations The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s board of directors said they’re working with elected officials to provide transparency about tax levy spending and considering changes to how the board operates. That includes examining terms and "selection criteria," as well as how the board's chairs and assignments are decided, said Brian O'Mara, co-chair of its governance committee.  "The timing is really good right now for us to just take a hard look in the mirror and say, 'What can we change about the zoo and about ourselves, as a ...

Report accuses Columbus Zoo top executives of misusing funds by The Associated Press Last Updated Apr 6, 2021 at 9:58 pm EDT COLUMBUS, Ohio — The former president and chief financial officer of the Columbus Zoo arranged for relatives to live in houses owned by the zoo and used its marketing sporting event tickets for their own personal use, according to findings released Tuesday by a law firm hired by the zoo’s board. The president, who was also the CEO, kept a $45,000 RV purchased by the zoo for his own exclusive use before it was sold to recoup revenue lost because of the COVID-19 pande...

Columbus Zoo director used zoo money to buy RV for his use; failed to bid construction project at The Wilds Alissa Widman Neese, The Columbus Dispatch © Adam Cairns / Dispatch Then-Columbus Zoo President and CEO Tom Stalf speaks at the opening of Straker Lake cabins at The Wilds in 2018. The bidding for that project is now part of the investigation into Stalf and CFO Greg Bell. Both men resigned March 29. Former Columbus Zoo and Aquarium President and CEO Tom Stalf used zoo funds to purchase a recreational vehicle for his exclusive use and took the vehicle to Put-in-Bay fo...

Columbus Zoo investigation: CEO used zoo money personally, failed to bid construction project at The Wilds Alissa Widman Neese, The Columbus Dispatch © Adam Cairns / Dispatch Then-Columbus Zoo President and CEO Tom Stalf speaks at the opening of Straker Lake cabins at The Wilds in 2018. The bidding for that project is now part of the investigation into Stalf and CFO Greg Bell. Both men resigned March 29. Stalf also personally selected the vendor for a $2 million construction project at The Wilds for cabins and did not seek competitive bidding. The company billed the zoo a ...