Name: Education 2 Conservation Celebration Luncheon
Start: 2025-04-23T11:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-23T13:30:00-05:00
Location: 3903 N Saint Marys St, San Antonio, TX, United States, Texas 78212

Please join us – The 10th Annual Education 2 Conservation Celebration Luncheon Benefiting Center for Conservation & Research at San Antonio Zoo on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: San Antonio Zoo
Attire: Business Casual
Featuring Keynote Speaker Stephanie Fennessy
Reserve a table: https://sazoo.org/annualconservationcelebration/
Presenting Sponsor | $10,000
Whooping Crane Table | $7,500
Texas Horned Lizard Table | $5,000
Mexican Blind Cat Table | $2,000 (limited quantity available)
Individual Tickets | $200 (limited quantity available)
Purchase Tickets/table
About our Keynote Speaker:
Stephanie Fennessy is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, the only organization in the world that concentrates solely on the conservation and management of giraffe in the wild throughout Africa.
In her role, Steph handles all of GCF’s day-to-day business, including liaising with conservation partners worldwide and fundraising. With an MSc in Environmental Engineering, she is a skilled and experienced environmental manager who has successfully worked in diverse working cultures and multidisciplinary teams within the private, government, and NGO sectors in Africa, Australia, and Europe.
Steph’s expertise is in project management and ranges from community-based natural resource management to technical sustainability solutions. She fell in love with Africa—and in particular, Namibia’s vast desertscapes, its people, and wildlife—during the research for her MSc thesis. With a passion for nature and conservation, she remains hands-on in a wide range of giraffe projects across Africa and particularly enjoys spending time in the field.
Steph is a member of the IUCN SSC Giraffe & Okapi Specialist Group, and when asked how she got involved in giraffe conservation, she will probably tell you that she "married into it." Together with her husband Julian, who is considered the world’s most renowned authority on giraffe in the wild, and their two teenage children, Steph lives in Windhoek, Namibia, ensuring that the Giraffe Conservation Foundation remains a strong voice for giraffe.
Please direct questions to [email protected] or call 210-734-7184, option #5 (Development).

Disclaimers:
San Antonio Zoo admission included.
Check-in from 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Celebration starts at 12:00 p.m.
Overall program lasts approximately 1.5 hours.
Refunds are not available for no-shows or without a minimum of one week notice.
San Antonio Zoo reserves the right to cancel or modify the celebration due to inclement weather and/or safety concerns. In the event of cancellation, efforts will be made to reschedule you for a future date.