Experience
Ms. Zimmerly has extensive business experience in client service, strategic planning, financial control systems and management information systems with a focus on service and retailing companies.
From
1986 to 1992, she was the senior principal and owner of a financial consulting
firm Z/M/A/S. Since 1992, she has been CEO and the majority owner of Zimmerly
& Co., Inc. (ZINC
). Her client service responsibilities have included
restaurants (Long John Silver's, Bennigan's and Boston Market); consumer
goods (The Clorox Company); publishing (Cox Enterprises/Waco Tribune Herald);
and a legal professional services firm (McFall Law Firm).
Ms. Zimmerly’s line management experiences were gained during the 1978-1985 timeframe when she was Vice President & CFO for a Dallas-based conglomerate (Ranch Foods, Inc.) with interests in meat packing/canning, importing, gift retailing, cleaners and restaurants. Responsibilities included the day-to-day operations of the various retailing ventures and the successful disposition via sale over time of the portfolio of companies.
Ms. Zimmerly has also worked as a budget analyst for the U.S. Navy and as a published research chemist on a National Cancer Institute grant at the University of Virginia.
Academic, Professional and Service
Ms. Zimmerly holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana and a MBA in Finance from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She has over 20 years of active involvement at the officer/board level with the North Texas Food Bank (past president), the Junior League of Dallas (past treasurer), the Parkland Foundation, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas, and the Chi Omega Alumni Association of Dallas (past president). She is a life trustee of the Chi Omega Education and Charity Trust. In addition, she served for several years on the National Strategic Planning Training Team for the Association of Junior Leagues International.
She has been honored by Purdue University with the Alumni Association Citizenship Award and she has received the Chi Omega of the Year Award for her outstanding public service in Dallas and North Texas.
She currently serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the School of Science at Purdue University and ias a deacon at the Highland Park Presbyterian Church.