IRKA Board of Directors
Meet the Team
Coming together from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences, our skilled team of professionals are the backbone of International Rhino Keeper Association. Their ideas help shape the direction and mission of our organization as it continues to develop. Read on to learn more about some of our incredible team members.
Christine Bobko
Christine Bobko is Christine has over 26 years of experience working with rhinos. Christine is a founding Board of Director of the IRKA. She is the current director of operations at The Rhinory
Joe Hauser
Joe Hauser worked with the greater one-horned and Eastern black rhino, along with various other hoofstock species at the Buffalo Zoo for 16 years. Led by Dr. Monica Stoops, Joe and his team were successful at producing 2 GOH rhino calves through assisted reproduction. They were also successful breeding the GOH rhino by natural means. He served as an advisor for the Rhino Assisted Reproduction Enterprise (RARE) for four years. While in Buffalo, he served as AZA’s greater one-horned rhino studbook keeper. Joe is currently the Executive Director of the African Rhino Protection Initiative (ARPI), which is a 450-acre rhino preserve located in North Texas. There, he works with a crash of Southern white rhinos in a large naturalistic setting.
