Mark Lindner

Mark Lindner

Marketing Lecturer/Director, Fowler Scholars Program
Sponsor/Instructor in San Diego Zoo Wildlife Care Internship Program

For many years, Mark and Debbie Lindner have frequently committed their resources and time toward helping students achieve their higher education and career goals. When the Lindners saw information about the San Diego Zoo’s Wildlife Care Internship program, they provided a monetary donation and Mark Lindner offered to volunteer as a program instructor. 

Mark Linder leads a discussion among college interns at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park

The Wildlife Care Internship program that offers university students an opportunity to explore wildlife conservation careers by interacting with professionals at the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park during the summer months. On August 12, Lindner, a marketing lecturer at the Fowler College of Business and the director of the Fowler Scholars Program, led the interns in a discussion and Q&A session focusing on “the next steps in their career journeys.”

“I used the same format I use during my professional development class (MKTG-496) at SDSU,” said Lindner, who taught the session at the zoo’s Safari Park location. “During the session, we explored the students’ personal and professional goals so they could better determine their working preferences and develop well-being practices before they move toward their higher education and their career destinations.” 

Lindner said he volunteered to teach in the Zoo’s Wildlife Care Internship program because “my wife and I are very dedicated to education. This internship program is new and we saw an opportunity to give back to the community.”