Lisa Peterson, who has led San Diego Zoo Safari Park since 2017, is leaving to take the president/CEO job at the Houston Zoo ...

The Houston Zoo announced its new president and CEO, who was also the first woman to help lead a California zoo and safari park prior to the new role. Lisa Peterson, the former senior vice president ...

Lisa Peterson will take over as the organization’s president and CEO, effective June 2, the Houston Zoo announced April 2.

“Mountain lions are a keystone species right here in our own backyard," Lisa Peterson, the executive director of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, said in a statement. “It’s been a privilege to ...