Zoo names new CEO

NAPLES — The Naples Zoo appointed zoological-park veteran Jack Mulvena as its president and CEO after a search yielded more than 100 applicants.

Mulvena recently served 20 years as the executive director of the Rhode Island Zoological Society and Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, R.I.

Under Mulvena's leadership, Roger Williams Park Zoo raised $30 million for new exhibits and major capital improvements, including a new veterinary hospital, a children's zoo called “Hasbro's Our Big Backyard,” and a major overhaul of the zoo's African exhibits featuring elephants, giraffes, wild dogs, zebras and wildebeest.