SF Zoo Leader Resigns Amid Mounting Pressure and Financial Questions From the City

SF Zoo Leader Resigns Amid Mounting Pressure and Financial Questions From the City

San Francisco's season of nonprofit upheavals continues as the longtime head of the San Francisco Zoo announces her plan to retire next month. The announcement comes a month after a report of dysfunction on the zoo's board, and an attempted coup by board members.Tanya Peterson, the longtime executive director and CEO of the SF Zoological Society, which manages the city-owned San Francisco Zoo, has announced plans to retire in August, as the SF S…