JL Bielon, CFRE is the Vice President of Development at ZooTampa. JL is responsible for raising funds for ZooTampa’s capital projects and annual fund. She has lived in Tampa Bay since 1998 and has worked in the fundraising sector at the University of South Florida, Tampa Theatre, and Lions Eye Institute before joining ZooTampa. JL is an LTA Class of 2016 member, a sustaining member of the Junior League of Tampa, and member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), having served as the President of AFP for two years in 2019 and 2020. She serves on the Leadership Tampa Alumni Cabinet and is currently the Vice-Chair of the Outreach Committee. She resides in Westchase with her husband and children.