Saint Paul – Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the reappointment of Lois Mack, Sarah Psick and Todd A. Watchmaker to the Minnesota Zoological Board. All three are appointed to four-year terms that expire on January 6, 2014.

Mack, of Waterville, is retired after a career in public service and agri-business, most recently serving as the conservation improvement and special projects manager with the Minnesota Department of Commerce, where she worked since 1992. She also worked for U.S. Senators Rudy Boschwitz and David Durenberger in the area of agriculture and rural economic development, and was a partner in Whitewater Creek Grain and Feed, a family-owned grain and feed business. Mack earned her bachelor of science degree from Iowa State University in Ames. She chairs the Center for Rural Policy and Development, and has served as president of the Girl Scout Council of Cannon Valley, a member of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America Strategic Planning and National Evaluation Task Force and was a clerk for the Waterville-Elysian Public Schools Board of Education. Mack has been a member of the Zoo Board since 2006.

Psick, of Apple Valley, is the director of government relations for the law firm of McGrann, Shea, Carnival, Straughn and Lamb, a position she has held since 2001. Previously, she held a number of positions with the Minnesota House of Representatives 1991 to 2001, culminating as executive assistant to the House Majority Leader. She was also an administrative assistant for the American Council of the Blind in Minneapolis prior to joining the staff of the House of Representatives. Psick earned her bachelor of arts degree cum laude from Concordia College in Moorhead and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in public administration from Hamline University in St. Paul. She serves on the Minnesota Government Relations Council Board of Directors, and is active in her church as a Sunday School superintendent, and a past chair of the Youth and Family Ministry Committee. Psick has been a member of the Zoo Board since 2006.

Watchmaker, of Edina, is a tax partner in KPMG’s Investment Management and Funds Practice and has 24 years of experience serving financial services clients. He is also the firm representative on the Investment Companies Institute Tax Advisory Committee and the American Bar Association Investment Companies Tax Section Committee, a KPMG national instructor for investment companies tax training, and the Minneapolis partner in charge of office-wide community giving. Watchmaker, a certified public accountant, earned his law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School and his bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Watchmaker serves on the University of Wisconsin Department of Accounting Advisory Board, chairs the Gant Condominium Association Board of Directors in Aspen, Colorado, and is active in a number of professional associations. Watchmaker, who is a former chair of the Zoo Board, has been a member of the board since 1998.

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.