TAMU ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
2025-2026 Officers
Browse through the bios our officers have put together to learn more about the team that makes zoo club work!
Kara: President
(she/her)
Hi! My name is Kara Bothwell and I'm the President of Zoo Club! I'm a Junior Zoology major with a minor in Spanish from Grapevine, Texas! My favorite animals are penguins, orcas, and puffins, but I love basically anything related to the ocean. Currently I'm pre-vet with the desire to go into exotic/aquatic veterinary medicine! Over the summer I work as a kennel technician at my local animal hospital, I completed an Internship at the Dallas Zoo with their Ambassador Animal Department, and I was a volunteer and part of the training team at the Winnie Carter Wildlife Center at A&M (last year I worked with Przewalski horses)! I am beyond excited for this semester and ready to meet everyone! It's going to be a good one! :)
Hayden : Vice President (He/Him)
Howdy!! I'm Hayden Dyess and I'm the Vice President. I'm a Junior Vertebrate Zoology & Animal Science major from Rusk, TX. This summer I was an intern at a deer farm. I am currently working as a Research and Teaching Assistant in the Welfare and Behavior lab. I have worked with a lot of different animals at a lot of different places: Aggieland Safari, Winnie Carter Wildlife Center, Vet Med Park, and several different vet clinics. In the future, I want to become a professor who researches and teaches animal welfare, ethics, and conservation. I love meditating, working out, making pinterest collages, and spending as much time with animals as I can. I also love talking so please ask me about anything I've done or tortoises!
Aiden: Treasurer
(He/Him)
Howdy! I'm Aiden Gomez, and I'm the Treasurer. I'm from Oglesby, TX (a tiny town outside of Waco, my graduating class was 11). I am a sophomore Ecology and Conservation Biology major, although I started out as an Animal Science major. This summer I am working as an assistant at a local small animal clinic. My favorite animal is any exotic species, and I hope to do exotic animal research in the future. I love rock and metal music, but most importantly, Lana Del Rey. So excited to be y'all's publicity chair, and to see what this semester brings!!
Grayson: Speaker Chair
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Kendal: Speaker Chair
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Hayden: Volunteer Chair (/)
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Jada: Volunteer Chair
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Howdy! I'm Jada Greenidge and I am one of your two volunteer chairs this year! I am a junior animal science major and psychology minor with hopes to pursue mixed or wildlife veterinarian medicine. This summer I had the opportunity of participating in wildlife research at the Exotic Feline Rescue Center while also working and shadowing at a local small animal clinic in my hometown! I love thrifting, tattoos, any type of music, and volleyball. I'm excited for the events we have planned and can't wait for this semester :)
Sidney: Publicity Chair
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Sandil: Social Chair
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Mileena: Fundraising Chair
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