Elizabeth Johnson

Elizabeth grew up in Texas and attended Texas Tech University, earning a degree in Animal Science. After graduation she packed up and moved to Indiana where she interned at the Indianapolis Zoo. That internship led her to a 17-year career in the zoological field. Most recently she was at the Naples Zoo in Naples, FL, however she has worked at the Dallas Zoo and other small zoological facilities, holding supervisory positions in animal management. After 15 years as an animal care specialist, in 2022 Elizabeth transitioned into records management and became a zoological registrar. This new direction in the zoo field has allowed her to cater to her nerdy, organizational, and data management side! After moving back to Texas in the summer of 2024 to be closer to family, she joined the Longneck Manor Team. She is excited to be part of an organization with such a unique model for conservation and can’t wait to help grow Longneck Manor’s education programming. In her spare time, when Elizabeth is not chasing around her two young, active little boys with her husband, she likes to get out in nature or listen to podcasts. As a family, they spend their free time hiking and exploring the rivers and canyons around the Hill Country, nerding out over birds visiting their bird feeder, or watching nature documentaries.