In his new position, Ivory will advance a proposed joint venture between This is the Place Heritage Park and Hogle Zoo, which are across Sunnyside Avenue from each other at about 2500 East in Salt Lake City.
No specific plans have yet been drawn, but the venture would aim to combine the unique attributes of both sites.
Ivory has previously worked on the project as a zoo board member.
In other actions, the board this week also reduced its overall size but increased the size of its executive committee, which in addition to Ivory is made up of Salt Lake City Councilman Dave Buhler, state Sen. Karen Hale, State Division of Natural Resources Deputy Director Robyn Pearson, attorney Robert Reeder and Salt Lake Chamber Vice President Robin Riggs.
Other board members include Bill Bleak, L.D. Bowerman, Boyd Christensen, Jerry Fenn, Mark Howell, Paul Huntsman, Stan Kimball and Wilson Martin.
