Other Hospitality Minnesota officers elected to one-year terms include:

• Vice President - Ed Christie, Forepaugh's Restaurant, St. Paul

• Vice President -Tom Chase, Marriott City Center, Minneapolis

• Treasurer - Roger Moberg, Tequilaberrys. Coon Rapids

• Corporate Secretary - Judy Vitek Hewes, CAE, General Manager, Hospitality  Minnesota, St. Paul

As chairman of the Hospitality Minnesota Board of Directors, Zaczkowski will oversee the Associations' highly successful annual UP Show, enhancing the Associations' award winning web site (www.hospitalitymn.com) and working on pro - tourism and pro - industry legislative issues. 

In 1988 Lee and his wife Cathy purchased Timberlane Resort in Park Rapids, where they now reside. Zaczkowski has been a long time member of the Minnesota Resort Association Board of Directors and served as its President in 1996. Previously, Zaczkowski was with U-Haul International, where he served as President of its Ontario operations for 13 years.

Timberlane is a full service resort open year round with 21 units. The resort also offers a recreation center, conference facilities, snack bar and much more.

Hewes is a Certified Association Executive (CAE) and has provided the solid leadership and long-term vision that has guided the organization's growth for the past 21 years. Hewes manages a staff of 20, in departments ranging from government affairs to communications to education. He has dramatically increased the visibility and growth of Hospitality Minnesota. Hewes and his wife, Judy, reside in Woodbury.

On the national level, Hewes currently serves as a trustee for the American Hotel & Motel Association's Educational Institute. He is also the only state executive to have served as president of both the International Society of Hotel Association Executives (ISHAE) and the International Society of Restaurant Association Executives (ISRAE).

Hospitality Minnesota - the umbrella organization for the Minnesota Restaurant Association, Minnesota Hotel & Lodging Association, which includes the Minnesota Bed & Breakfast Guild, and the Minnesota Resort Association, which includes the Minnesota Alliance of Campground Operators - represents nearly 4,000 restaurants, hotels, motels, bed & breakfasts, resorts, campgrounds and their suppliers. Hospitality Minnesota is one of Minnesota's largest business trade organizations and is the leading hospitality organization in the state.

The hospitality industry is the second largest employer in Minnesota with more than 177,000 employees, who earn more than $3.7 billion annually in wages and salaries. The industry, as a whole, produces annual sales of more than $10 billion, generating sales tax revenues exceeding $1.2 billion.