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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.
CHAIR: John Rowe, Senior VP-Strategic Partnerships, Institutional Retirement Income Group, Genworth Financial
VICE-CHAIR: Greg Miller, CEO, Dakota Electric
SECRETARY: John A. Gappa, Chief Financial Officer, Malt-O-Meal Co.
TREASURER: Leni Darrow Moore, Community Volunteer
Barbara Ali, Community Volunteer
Stacy Bogart, Senior Corporate Counsel, The Toro Company - President, The Toro Foundation
Rick Brimacomb, Founder, Brimacomb & Associates
Kathy Buchanan, Director, Edina Store, Tiffany & Co.
Renee Burke, Community Volunteer
Susan Slattery Burke, Community Volunteer and Artist
Theodore J. Christianson , Managing Director-Investment Banking & Head of Private Placement, Piper Jaffray & Co.
Bruce Cords, Vice-President, Environment, Food Safety & Public Health, Ecolab Inc.
Kevin L. Crudden, Vice President & General Counsel, Digital River
David Davis, Senior Vice-President Finance & Controller, Northwest Airlines Corporation
Tricia Dirks, V.P. Human Resources, Target
Gary C. Fink, Philanthrophist/Chairman, Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge
Eric Galler, Marketing Director, General Mills
Mark Greiner, Attorney/Estate & Business Planning, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Charlene, M. Jundt, Community Volunteer
Joe Kalkman, Vice President, Retail Human Resources, Best Buy
Ross Kramer, Partner, Messerli & Kramer
Candace H. Lex, Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, TCF Financial Corporation
Dana Lindsay,
Former Development Officer
Macalaster College & The Blake School
Peter E. Maritz
Susan Morisato, COO - Senior & Retiree Services, Ovations, a UHC Company
Cassandra Ordway, Community Volunteer
Susan Grant Palombo, Sr. Vice President, Client Services for Right Management, Inc
Michael M. Parish, First Vice President/Investments, Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
Jeffrey D. Pflaum, Vice President, General Counsel, ADC Telecommunications
Michele Sit, Community Volunteer
Ex-officio
Lee C. Ehmke, President, Minnesota Zoo Foundation
Melissa Lindsay, Executive Director, Minnesota Zoo Foundation
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