Who's Who at the Philly Zoo

2007 Board of Directors

Peter G. Gould, chairman
Jay H. Calvert, Jr., Esq., vice chairman
Leon Ellerson, vice chairman
Joanna M. Lewis, vice chairman

Todd J. Albert, MD
Susan Anderson
Paul S. Beideman
Robert W. Bogle
Robert L. Brown, III
Gretchen Burke
Wendy C. Calhoun
Rebecca Campbell
J. Christopher Cashman
Thomas A. Decker
David J. Field
Arlin S. Green
S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr.
Joanne M. Harmelin
Dr. Michael J. Lewis

Barry C. Lyngard
B.A. MacLean, Jr.
David Martinelli
Robert S. McMenamin
F. William McNabb, III
Ann C. Mulè, Esq.
Kimberly C. Oxholm
Timothy R. Rubin
Christa B. Schmidt
Susan E. Sherman
Manuel N. Stamatakis
William L. Wilson
Richard E. Woosnam

2007 Zoo Officers

Vikram Dewan, president and chief executive officer
Gary T. Fassak, chief operating officer
Joseph T. Steuer, executive vice president and chief financial officer
M. Rita Burke, corporate secretary

Vikram Dewan
President and Chief Executive Officer

Vikram “Vik" Dewan became the Zoo’s 14th president on July 6, 2006. A career banking executive, he served most recently as President of Wachovia Bank’s Philadelphia and Delaware region. He began his banking career as an international banking officer with Philadelphia National Bank. Over the years, he held a series of progressively more responsible positions -- including Director of Human Resources -- with CoreStates Financial Corp and its successor banks. As Wachovia’s Regional President, he had been responsible for the operation of more than 90 branches and more than 1,000 employees. Since 1998, he had also served on Wachovia’s Regional Diversity Council.

A longtime resident of our area, Vik is committed to the Zoo’s unique mission and has a complete understanding of what it takes to operate a successful, customer-focused organization in an intensely competitive environment. An avid soccer fan, he has long been active in West Chester Youth Soccer. His civic activities also include membership on the Board of Philadelphia’s Children’s First Fund, the Board of the Philadelphia Education Fund and the Mayor’s Commission on Children. He has also served on the boards of the Pennsylvania Ballet, the Brandywine Ballet (a youth ballet) and International House.

Vik attended Cornell University as an undergraduate and received his MBA degree from the Wharton School. He lives in West Chester, Pa., with his wife Jami, their youngest daughter, Tara, and their seven dogs. He and Jami also have two older children, Adam Dewan and Maya Schaaf.

2006 Board of Directors

Peter G. Gould, chairman
Jay H. Calvert, Jr., Esq., vice chairman
Leon Ellerson, vice chairman
Joanna M. Lewis, vice chairman

Todd J. Albert, MD
Christa Badger
Paul S. Beideman
James L. Brown, IV
Robert L. Brown, III
Gretchen Burke
Wendy C. Calhoun
Christopher Cashman
David J. Field
Arlin S. Green
S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr.
Joanne M. Harmelin
Thomas P. Hill, Jr.
Dr. Michael Jackson
Michael Lewis

Barry C. Lyngard
Burton A. MacLean
Ann Mule, Esq.
Kimberly C. Oxholm
Samuel A. Plum
Richard S. Rueda
Susan E. Sherman
Manuel N. Stamatakis
Audrey C. Talley
Christopher H. Washburn
David A. West
William L. Wilson
Robert W. Wolcott, Jr.
Richard E. Woosnam

2006 Zoo Officers

Vikram Dewan, president and chief executive officer
Gary T. Fassak, chief operating officer
Joseph T. Steuer, executive vice president and chief financial officer
M. Rita Burke, corporate secretary