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Working in a zoo means very different things for different people. Curiosity about what it's like to work at a zoo prompted this collection of bios and profiles of some of the National Zoo staff.

National Zoo and FONZ Executive Staff

Zoo Exhibits and Park Management

	Chuck Fillah Associate Director of Exhibits and Park Management

Zoo Office of Public Affairs

	Pamela Baker-Masson Associate Director of Communications

Zoo Office of Facilities Management and Reliability

	Daniel H. Davies Facilities Manager

Education

Zoo Animal Care Staff

Animal Programs

Department of Animal Health Staff

Department of Pathology Staff

Migratory Bird Center

Center for Species Conservation

	John Seidensticker, Ph.D. Head and Scientist
	John H. Rappole, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist
	William J. McShea, Ph.D. Ecologist
	Peter Leimgruber, Ph.D. Conservation GIS Lab Director
	Melissa Songer, Ph.D. Conservation GIS Lab Manager
	Wolf Dittus, Ph.D. Research Associate
	Daryl Boness, Ph.D. Research Associate

Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics

	Jonathan D. Ballou, Ph.D. Research Scientist
	David Powell, Ph.D. Research Associate

Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability

	Francisco Dallmeier, Ph.D. Head
	Alfonso Alonso, Ph.D. Director of Conservation and Development

	Miles Roberts Research Scientist
	Rasanayagam (Rudy) Rudran, Ph.D. Head, Training and Education Division,
	Jennifer Buff Education Program Manager
	Tatiana Pacheco Administrator

Center for Species Survival