Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the appointment of Scott Lambert and the reappointment of Eleanor Crosby, Edward Dayton, Harry J. Haynsworth, IV, and Jody Larimore to the Minnesota Zoological Board. All five members are appointed to four-year terms that expire on January 3, 2011.

Crosby, of Long Lake, is the director of the Tonkawood Ski School and serves on a number of boards, including Twin Cities Public Television. She was a member of the Zoo Board from 1987 to 1997, and chaired the board from 1993 to 1996. She also served on the Minnesota Zoo Foundation. Crosby was reappointed to the board again in 1999 and has served since then.

Dayton, of Wayzata, was a member of the Zoo Board from 1987 to 1995, and chaired the board from 1990 to 1992. He has also been a member and chair of the Minnesota Zoo Foundation and is currently is honorary co-chair of the New Heart of the Zoo capital campaign. Dayton was reappointed to the board again in 1999 and has served since then.

Haynsworth, of Marine on St. Croix, is of counsel to Briggs and Morgan in Minneapolis and Dean Emeritus of William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul. He was first appointed to the Zoo Board in 1999 and has chaired the board since 2006.

Lambert, of Woodbury, is the executive vice president of the Minnesota Auto Dealers Association, a position he has held since 1999, and previously was its director of government affairs. He has also been director of government affairs for the Minnesota Grocers Association, and special projects director for the Minnesota Agri-Growth Council. Lambert replaces Robert Bonawitz on the Zoo Board.

Larimore, of Maple Grove, is the senior vice president and human resources manager for Wells Fargo in the Great Lakes Region and has 25 years of experience in human resources management. Larimore was first appointed to the Zoo Board in July 2006 to fill an unscheduled vacancy on the board.

The Minnesota Zoological Board operates and maintains the Minnesota Zoological Garden. The board consists of 30 members, including 15 appointed by the Governor and 15 appointed by the Zoo Board.