Sedgwick County Zoo

Jeff Ettling has been the Executive Director/CEO of the Sedgwick County Zoo since May 2017. His work there includes strategic development of exhibits, programs and policies, implementation of initiatives to achieve strategic results, decision-making, personnel management, operational and fiscal management of the SCZ.

Ettling is an experienced Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) zoo professional with over 30 years' experience, including 25 as an animal curator.  In his previous position, Ettling was the Curator of Herpetology at Saint Louis Zoo from 1995-2017 and had served in the same role at Sedgwick County Zoo from 1991-1995.