While there, I got to meet the new executive director of FONZ, Robert J. Lamb. He had been selected June 5 of this year. According to the FONZ press release about the appointment:
Mr. Lamb brings 35 years of leadership and management experience to FONZ. He has served in a variety of senior positions in the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) since 1977, most recently as senior advisor for management and collaborative action in the Office of the Secretary. During his tenure, Mr. Lamb addressed management, budget, and policy issues across the Department and its eight component bureaus and worked to advance the role of public-private partnerships in accomplishing natural resource conservation goals. Prior to joining the DOI, he served as a management intern in the former U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now Health and Human Services).
In making the announcement, Ms. Kravit said, “His many years of distinguished leadership in the Department of the Interior, his successful management of its budget and finances, and his knowledge of current conservation issues make Bob Lamb a natural choice to lead our organization. Bob's experience with public-private partnerships will make him an asset to FONZ as we continue to grow our unique partnership with the National Zoo and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as our extensive support of the Zoo's programs. I am confident Bob will be an outstanding leader in pursuit of these goals.”
As FONZ's Executive Director, Mr. Lamb will lead a staff of more than 300 full-time and seasonal employees who support the National Zoo by implementing education, membership, and volunteer programs, hosting special events, raising funds for Zoo projects, and providing grants for Zoo staff and guest services for 2 million Zoo visitors annually. FONZ is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that provided nearly $8 million in cash and in-kind support to the Zoo in 2005. Mr. Lamb will begin in July.
“I am honored to accept this position at such an important time in the National Zoo's history,” Mr. Lamb said. “With the ambitious vision provided by the Zoo's leadership and the imminent opening of the new Asia Trail, this is indeed an exciting period of renewal at the National Zoo, and one in which the support of FONZ is as critical as it has ever been. FONZ is in the midst of its most successful year ever, and I look forward to working with the FONZ board and staff, and the leadership of the Zoo and the Smithsonian, to ensure that this unprecedented success continues.”
During his career in the DOI, Mr. Lamb received two Presidential Awards for Distinguished Career Achievements, three Presidential Awards for Meritorious Career Achievements, a DOI Distinguished Service Award, a DOI Meritorious Service Award, and the Secretary of the Interior's Partnership Award for Conservation through Communication, Cooperation, and Consultation.
A bachelor of arts graduate of the University of Dayton, Mr. Lamb earned a master of liberal arts degree from Johns Hopkins University, and a master of business administration degree from George Washington University.
Mr. Lamb succeeds James M. Schroeder, who is retiring after 17 years of service to FONZ. Mr. Schroeder served as FONZ's Deputy Executive Director from 1989 to 2005 and its Executive Director for the last year. He joined FONZ after a distinguished 26-year career in the U.S. Army, where he fulfilled a wide range of leadership and managerial assignments, commanding at levels from platoon to armor battalion. Mr. Schroeder will continue to serve FONZ and the National Zoo as a senior advisor to Mr. Lamb.
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