Minnesota Zoo | 1300 Zoo Boulevard, Apple Valley, MN 55124 | Phone: 952-431-9299 | Fax: 952-431-9336 | lee.ehmke@state.mn.us
Lee Ehmke plans to make the Minnesota Zoo one of the top ten zoos in America, partly through a physical redevelopment for which the Minnesota Legislature has approved $45 million in capital funding—a level of support without precedent in the Zoo’s 29-year history—and partly by building new exhibits. He is responsible for spearheading the Zoo’s Meerkats of the Kalahari, Ghosts of Madagascar, and Creatures Beneath the Canopy exhibits, and for the Zoo's recently renewed Minnesota Trail.
Born: September 10, 1957 in Corning, New York
Significant Other: Sue Chin
Education: AB, University of California, Berkeley; JD, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco; Masters of Landscape Architecture (MLA), University of California, Berkeley.
Career History: Director/CEO, Minnestoa Zoo, 2000-present; director of planning and design, Wildlife Consortium Society, Bronx Zoo, 1998-2000; exhibit designer/project manager, Wildlife Consortium Society, Bronx Zoo, 1988-1989.
Outside Activities: Professional fellow and chair, Honors and Awards Committee, Association of Zoos and Aquariums; member, World Association of Zoos and Aquariums; Minneapolis Club.
Awards: Received Top Honors in Exhibits from the Association
of Zoos and Aquariums while at the Bronx Zoo.
