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Minnesota Zoo Foundation Board of Trustees

Description

The Minnesota Zoo Foundation is the fundraising partner of the Minnesota Zoo. It is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that exists to help realize the mission of the Minnesota Zoo by raising money, hosting events and advocating on behalf of the Zoo mission. It is comprised of members recommended by the Governance Committee and elected by the Zoo Foundation Board of Trustees.

Members

CHAIR: John Rowe, Community Volunteer
VICE-CHAIR: Greg Miller, CEO, Dakota Electric
SECRETARY:
John A. Gappa, Chief Financial Officer, Malt-O-Meal Co.
TREASURER: Susan Morisato, UnitedHealth Group Alliances

Barbara Ali, Community Volunteer
Stacy Bogart, Asst. General Counsel & President/Toro Fdn. The Toro Company
Rick Brimacomb, Founder Brimacomb & Associates
Kathleen Buchanan, Director, Edina Store Tiffany & Co.
Renee Burke , Community Volunteer
Susan Slattery Burke, Community Volunteer and Artist
Theodore J, Christianson, Managing Director-Group Head Piper Jaffray & Co.
Bruce Cords, VP Environment, Food Safety, Public Health Ecolab, Inc.
Kevin Crudden, VP & General Counsel Ditigal River
David Davis, Senior VP Finance & Controller Northwest Airlines
Tricia Dirks, V.P. Human Resources Target
John Erickson, IV, Sr. V.P of Sales and Marketing & Corp. Secretary IC System
Gary C. Fink, Philanthrophist and Chairman Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge
Eric Galler, Marketing Director General Mills
Thomas Hedlund, Founder & President The Hedlund Corporation
Susan Johnson, Community Volunteer
Charlene Jundt, Community Volunteer
Joe Kalkman, Vice President, Retail Human Resources Best Buy
Ross Kramer, Attorney Messerli & Kramer
Candace Lex, EVP & Chief Marketing Officer TCF Financial Corp.
Dana Lindsay, Former Development Officer Macalaster College & The Blake School
Peter E. Maritz, Commuity Volunteer
Jim Mayer, Sr. Vice President Dougherty & Co.
Susan Morisato, COO/Secure Horizons Ovations, a UHC Company
Cassandra Ordway, Community Volunteer
Susan Grant Palombo, Sr. VP, Client Services Right Management, Inc.
Michael M. Parish, First Vice President/Investments Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
Jeffrey D. Pflaum, Vice President & General Counsel ADC Telecommunications
Diane Schmidt, Community Volunteer
Michele Sit, Community Volunteer

Ex-officio
Lee C. Ehmke, President, Minnesota Zoo Foundation
Melissa Lindsay, Executive Director, Minnesota Zoo Foundation