Newsletter Committee

The Newsletter Committee produces the quarterly newsletter, For The Record, for the members of ZRA.  The newsletter includes information about the organizations activities, annual conferences, and other member news.  As of 2025, there are content blocks for: ZRA committee updates; a list of new members; humorous daily report snippets; birth/hatch announcements; an AZA regulation update; a member or vendor profile; and a section for other news from the membership.  The last page of the newsletter lists the current ZRA Board members and supporting sponsors.

Current Goals & Projects

Over the past year, the Newsletter Committee has instituted a number of enhancements to the newsletter the last of which (the AZA regulation section) just rolled out in the latest edition.  Our near-term goal is to get feedback from our audience on the changes we’ve implemented to make sure we are fulfilling our expectations.  The newsletter is designed for ZRA members so the content should be informative and interesting to our audience.  In 2024 we began spotlighting ZRA supporting vendors, a new content block (Mixology) was added to capture broader content, and the quarterly call for submissions was reworded to stimulate reader response.

Newsletter Committee Resources

Newsletter Committee Members

  • Committee Chair

    Anna Pelc

    Curator of Animal Collections

    Potawatomi Zoo

    apelc@potawatomizoo.org

    574-245-6162

    Leader since 2025

  • Committee Vice-chair

    Kris Willis

    Zoo Registrar

    Los Angeles Zoo

    kris.willis@lacity.org

    323-644-4295

    Leader since 2025

Committee Members

Ingrid Russell, M.A.

San Francisco Zoo

Member since 2025

Elizabeth Curcuru

International Animal Exchange.com

Member since 2025

Casey Lown

Riverbanks Zoo and Garden

Member since 2025

Anna Pelc

Potawatomi Zoo

Board Liaison

  • Prior Members
  • Contact Us

    General

    Shelly Roach, President

    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium

    P: 614-645-3429

    F: 614-645-3465

    shelly.roach@columbuszoo.org
    Membership Chair

    Vickie Edel, Chair

    Audubon Nature Institute

    P: 504-212-5369

    vedel@auduboninstitute.org
    Professional Development

    Rae Lynn Haliday, MBA, CRM/CIGO, FAI, Chair

    Saint Louis Zoo

    P: 314-646-4572

    F: 314-647-7969

    haliday@stlzoo.org

    Amie Bialo, Vice Chair

    Seattle Aquarium

    P: N/A

    a.bialo@seattleaquarium.org
    Web Site Manager

    Sherie Bradley

    Houston Zoo

    P: 713-533-6627

    sbradley@houstonzoo.org

    ZRA connects, trains and empowers the community of zoo and aquarium registrars.

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