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 Senior Zoology major from Grapevine, Texas! My favorite animals are penguins, orcas, and puffins, but I love basically anything related to the ocean. After I graduate I plan to earn my Associate's in Vet technology and work as an exotic vet tech! Over the summer I've worked as a kennel technician at my local animal hospital, I have completed two Internships 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 (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!!
Kendal: Speaker Chair
(She/Her)
Hi! My name is Kendal Reinhardt and I am the Speaker Chair of the Zoological Society! I am a Junior Wildlife and Fisheries: Wildlife Management major from Driftwood Texas! I have always had a love for animals and hope to extend my passion into my career! My favorite animals are wolves, foxes, snow leopards, and jellyfish! I love going to the beach and fishing as well as looking for critters! I love volunteering at Paws and Claws and have worked at a vet clinic in Wimberley! I love yapping about stuff and would love to talk to anyone about anything animal and nature related! I am so excited for this upcoming semester and hope to meet lots of new people!
Jada: Volunteer Chair
(she/her)
Howdy! I'm Jada Greenidge and I am one of your two volunteer chairs this year! I am a senior animal science major and psychology minor with hopes to pursue mixed veterinarian medicine. I am currently a student worker in the Gastrointestinal Lab at the Small Animal Hospital here at Texas A&M. 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 :)
Sandil: Social Chair
(He/Him)
Hey!!! I'm Sandil Kodagoda and I'm the Social Chair this year WOOOO. I'm a sophomore applied math major minoring in statistics and ECCB. I live in Katy, TX but I moved there 2 years ago from the UAE (I’m originally Sri Lankan though). I know being a math major is lowkey odd but I wanna be an actuary and then retire in animal conservation!!! I've loved everything animals since I was a kid but I especially Iove reptiles and raptors.
Some of my passions are going to concerts, drinking ginger ale, playing badminton and volleyball, and camping. I don't have a ton of animal volunteering experience outside of zoo club but I can say that I’ve extracted and done a poop test on an alpaca :0
Grayson: Speaker Chair
(He/Him)
Howdy! I'm Grayson and I am the Speaker Chair for the TAMU Zoological Society! I'm an economics major and am in my junior year. I've always loved learning about nature and animals, and I really got into entomology after doing the entomology contest in FFA. I'd love to do entomology field research, and I'm particularly interested in insect cognition. I love to draw, and I'm super excited about the coming semester with the Zoological Society! If you ever need an insect identified, let me know!
Hayden: Volunteer Chair (She/Her)
Howdy! I’m Hayden Hartsock and I am going to be one of your volunteer chairs this year! I’m from Frisco, TX, which is like 40 minutes from Dallas. I’m a Sophomore Zoology major, minoring in Ecology and Conservation Biology. I am hoping to pursue small animal and exotic medicine in the future. This summer I got a job at a fear-free dog boarding and training facility and spent the rest of my time shadowing at small animal clinics. Some things I like to do are digital art, write poetry, tend to my aquarium, and spend lots of time with my dogs! I can’t wait to meet new people, and I am looking forward to a great year with Zoo Club!!
Sidney: Publicity Chair
(she/her)
Hi! I'm Sidney Brueggeman and I'm Publicty Chair! I'm a Junior Ecology and Conservation Biology major with a minor in Secondary Education and I'm from Carrollton, Texas. I hope to use my degree in the Zoo or Museum field. I love working with animals, I've been a vet tech, student at the WInnie Carter Wildlife Center and this past summer I intered at the Dallas Zoo with their Ambassador Animal deparment! In my free time I like to play volleyball, do art, or hang out with my friends. I can't wait to be an officer this year and see all the fun things we get up too this semester!
Mileena: Fundraising Chair
(She/Her)
Hi! I’m Mileena Abrahan and I’m the Fundraising Chair. I’m a sophomore in Landscape Architecture pursuing a minor in Environmental Geosciences and a minor in Urban and Regional Planning. I plan to use my degree to design wildlife habitats and work towards conservation and preservation of environments. I love music, art, baking, being outdoors in nature, and of course animals! I’m beyond excited to meet new people and grow with this org!
