Dr. Lily Maynard PhD

Director of Global Conservation, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden


Lily Maynard, Ph.D., is the Director of Global Conservation at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Spending years in zoos, including working as a conservation manager at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, instilled her passion for wildlife. Lily received her B.A. in Biology from Smith College and completed her master’s and doctorate in the Human Dimensions of Wildlife Conservation at the University of Florida. She has worked in Africa, Central and North America on community-driven conservation projects. She continues to partner with global organizations to advance conservation impact, inspire communities to join in and choose coexistence, and save diverse wildlife ranging from African lions to monarch butterflies.

Projects

Publications

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/zoo.21692

https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/csp2.193

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/zoo.21557

https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/csp2.476

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Susan-Jacobson-4/publication/308013263_Stakeholder_Participation_in_Wildlife_Management_Adapting_the_Nominal_Group_Technique_in_Developing_Countries_for_Participants_With_Low_Literacy/links/5bc4b8c592851cae21a7d3f9/Stakeholder-Participation-in-Wildlife-Management-Adapting-the-Nominal-Group-Technique-in-Developing-Countries-for-Participants-With-Low-Literacy.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20210428212529id_/https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/D9E014222CE15E150C0236A820E10565/S0376892920000168a.pdf/div-class-title-conservation-networks-are-zoos-and-aquariums-collaborating-or-competing-through-partnerships-div.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20210715175112id_/https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/24F86F695953E4BA6D2941CB7B999881/S0030605318000789a.pdf/div-class-title-stakeholder-collaboration-evaluating-community-based-conservancies-in-kenya-div.pdf

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09640568.2019.1572346?journalCode=cjep20

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/zoo.21703

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cura.12412