Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the appointment of Robert Bonawitz, Jennifer Engh and Karel M. Weigel and the reappointment of Willis Branning and David Leckey to the Minnesota Zoological Board.

Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced that he has accepted the recommendations of the ad hoc screening committee that reviewed résumés and conducted interviews for the upcoming vacancy on the Minnesota Court of Appeals. The vacancy will occur with the retirement of the Honorable James C. Harten on March 31, 2005. This position is for a resident of the First Congressional District. The finalists are Jill I. Frieders, Judge Bradley C. Walker and Judge Renee L. Worke.

Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the appointment of Stephanie A. Ball, Diane Johnson, and Mary West, and the reappointment of Duane Blanck, Rick Breezee, Mary F. Ives, Rachelle Schoessler Lynn and Jerome Allen Ritter to the Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design.

Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the appointment of Anne Barnwell, Roberta Blomster, Margaret Fletcher-Booth, Brian Gustafson, Anne L. Henry, Kathryn Jacobson, Nina Moss, Linda Obright, Jeffrey Pearson, Connie Roy, Barbara Schultz, Jeffrey Skwarek, Virginia Strand, Stacey A. Vogele, and Susan Wehrenberg to the Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities.

Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the reappointment of Dr. John Whitten to the Board of Animal Health.

Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the appointment of Sherry L. Stenerson and the reappointment of Thomas J. Foley, Robert S. Mars, Jr. and Dr. John Williams, DDS, to the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC). All four are appointed to four-year terms that expire on January 5, 2009.