Our 2015 Annual Board Meeting was held June 12th-14th, at our President’s home in St. Louis, MO. AES directors reside in the St. Louis, Dallas, and Norfolk, VA, areas and monthly meetings are held by conference call, so the annual in-person meeting is always a special time to work in person as well as enjoy each other’s company. Directors arrived early Friday enabling a good half day’s work session, a full day’s work on Saturday, and a wrap-up session Sunday morning. April and Vanessa took Sunday afternoon to visit Grant’s Farm and their African elephant program, while Barbara helped Linda set up for Sunday evening’s dinner which included keepers from both Grant’s Farm and Saint Louis Zoo’s elephant barns and our St. Louis CPK volunteers.
Vanessa snapped a shot of African bull Bud enjoying some fresh branches outside of his exhibit perimeter during zoo day at Grant's Farm
From left: director Barbara Davis, secretary Vanessa Gagne, president Linda Reifschneider, and vice president April Yoder