Andria De Lisle-Heath, Utica Zoo Executive Director, was the Little Falls speaker at their Wednesday evening Rotary meeting.

The Utica Zoo is an 80 acre park with over 40 acres developed as a zoo and has a beautiful garden/trail-way area.

Located off the parkway in the heart of Utica, the zoo has over 200 animals representing 80 species.

The zoo is a four season recreation center, offers snow-showing in the winter, includes a great playground and from April through October, Voss’s of Yorkville is the concession stand operator.

Lisle-Heath, lifelong resident of Herkimer and Rotary Member, resides with her husband Alan and has two children, Jordan and Spencer.

She joined the zoo in 2011 having previously held the position from 1997-2011 as Executive Director of the American Red Cross of the Mohawk Valley and between 1987-1997, Rape Crisis and Domestic Violence program manager for the YWCA.

More information can be found at www.uticazoo.org and ‘like us’ on face-book at The Utica Zoo.

Pictured with Andria is John Scarano, Herkimer County Chamber of Commerce.