The board of directors of PetSmart Charities has announced the appointment of Kimberlee Cornett as president with effect from 1 January 2020. She will report to J.K. Symancyk, president and CEO of PetSmart and chairman of the PetSmart Charities Board. Kimberlee Cornett most recently served as the director of the social investment practice at the Kresge Foundation, a national foundation based in Troy/Michigan. She oversaw Kresge's 350-mio-dollar fund for impact investing. Prior to that she was vice-president of investment management at Enterprise Community Investment, where she financed the development of affordable housing using low income housing tax credits.