Cotton is chief operating officer of Health Plan of Michigan, Inc., and has served on the volunteer committee for Sunset at the Zoo.  She is past president of the Hutzel Hospital Women’s Guild and volunteered with the education program for the Houston School District at the Houston Zoo. 

Cullen is president and chief operating officer of Rock Ventures, LLC.  A 29-year veteran of General Motors (GM), he was chief architect of the company’s $500-million acquisition and development of the Renaissance Center as GM’s global headquarters as well as the billion-dollar redevelopment of the Detroit Riverfront.  Cullen is chairman of the Parade Company and the Metropolitan Detroit YMCA, and is former chair of the Metropolitan Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau. 

Duggan is president and chief executive officer of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) where, under his leadership, the health system made a profit for the first time since 1997.  Prior to joining the DMC, he served as Wayne County Prosecutor and Deputy Wayne County Executive.  Duggan helped negotiate agreements with the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Lions to build new stadiums in the downtown area and headed the negotiating team with Northwest Airlines to expand Metro Airport, including construction of the new Midfield Terminal.

Houghton is president and chief executive officer of Wolinski & Company, C.P.A., P.C., a firm she started in 1991.  She also serves as a member of the Detroit Zoological Society’s audit committee.  Houghton was named one of the “Top 40 Under 40” by Crain’s Detroit Business, received Wayne State University’s “Emerging Corporate Leader” award and was a finalist for the Eastern Michigan 2003 Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” award. 

Jaber is executive director of the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS), the largest Arab American social services organization in the country.  He serves on the board of directors of the American Arab Chamber of Commerce, which he co-founded in 1992, and is a member of the Henry Ford Hospital and Health Network board of trustees.  Jaber is frequently interviewed by local and national media as a consultant on the Arab American community.

Jackson is managing partner and chief executive officer of Real Times, Inc., the parent company of the Michigan Chronicle and several other African American publications.  He was named one of the “Top 40 Under 40” by Crain’s Detroit Business and was heralded as a top political fundraiser by Savoy Magazine and one of Michigan’s most powerful African American leaders by Corp! Magazine. 

Roberge is owner of The Roberge Group, a human resources and organizational development consulting firm she founded in 2007.  Prior to that, she was a director, officer and executive vice president for Entertainment Publications, Inc.  Roberge serves as trustee for the Grosse Pointe Foundation for Public Education and previously served The Greening of Detroit as vice chair of the Board of Commissioners, chair of Board Leadership and co-chair of special events.
 
In addition, the following Detroit Zoological Board members were re-elected for another three-year term: Madeleine H. Berman, Kay Cowger, Mary Kay Crain, Bishop Charles Ellis, Linda Gillum, Michael Jamieson, Alan Kalter, Mark Kelley, Robert Larson, James Rosenthal and Jeffrey K. Willemain. 

The Detroit Zoological Society is a non-profit organization that operates the Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Zoo.  Situated on 125 acres of naturalistic exhibits, the Detroit Zoo is located at the intersection of Ten Mile Road and Woodward Avenue, just off I-696, in Royal Oak.  The Detroit Zoo is open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April through Labor Day (with extended hours until 8 p.m. Wednesdays during July and August), 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. day after Labor Day through October and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. November through March.  Admission is $11 for adults 15 to 61, $9 for senior citizens 62 and older, and $7 for children ages 2 to 14; children under 2 are free.  For more information, call (248) 541-5717 or visit www.detroitzoo.org.  The Belle Isle Nature Zoo is open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. year-round and provides educational programming with interpretive staff support from the Huron-Clinton Metroparks.  Admission is free.  For more information, call (313) 852-4056. 
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