About Us
"An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language." 

-- Martin Buber
Seth Groesbeck - President

No doubt about it, the Rosamond Gifford Zoo’s elephants are among Seth’s favorite animals. Each day, he works closely with Siri, Romani, Kirina and Indy. Seth first began volunteering at the Zoo at age 12 and became a keeper eight years later.

Deborah Tobin - Vice President

Deborah, warmly referred to as Lil’ Deb around the Zoo, has been working full time as a keeper since 2002. Although she spends most of her time with the penguins, her favorite animals at the Zoo are the Guinea hogs.

Peg Dwyer - Treasurer

Peg has spent more than 20 years working at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo and has loved every day. She has been involved in hand-raising some of the Zoo’s animals including an Egyptian fruit bat, meerkat, sloth, fox and snow leopard.

Tammy Singer - Secretary

Tammy started working at the Zoo in 1999 and her favorite animals are the elephants. She grew up on a pig farm, where her interest in animals began. In addition to the animals she works with at the Zoo, she has four cats and two fish at home.


2011 Officers
 Rosamond Gifford Zoo 
           American Association of Zoo Keepers
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