Neither Stalf nor Bell could immediately be reached Thursday. “I’m troubled by both the allegations and the lack of transparency here, and this office will get to the bottom of it.” “Charity may begin at home for an individual, but it’s trouble when an executive for a charitable organization uses company resources for friends and family,” Yost said in a statement. He stepped out of retirement to take immediate control.
The zoo named Director Emeritus Jerry Borin interim president and CEO on Tuesday. The newspaper reported that Stalf, 52, and Bell, 61, allowed relatives to live in houses owned or controlled by the zoo and sought tickets for family members to zoo entertainment events.īoth Stalf and Bell resigned Monday. Yost's action was prompted by a Columbus Dispatch investigation that uncovered apparent improprieties by Tom Stalf, then president and CEO, and Greg Bell, then chief financial officer. zoos.īoard Chair Keith Shumate said in a statement that the zoo welcomes Yost's involvement and will work with his office “as it examines the facts of this matter.” Its animal population is ranked second largest among U.S. Republican Attorney General Dave Yost placed his office's Charitable Law Section in charge of the probe targeting the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, a 501(c)3 nonprofit located in the Columbus suburb of Powell. COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio's top law enforcer placed one of the nation's largest zoos under investigation Thursday after a newspaper reported misuse of assets by two top executives who later resigned.
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