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Zipcar, the world’s leading car sharing network, today announced that Sherrill Kaplan has been appointed as the new VP and head of marketing. 

In her new role, Kaplan is responsible for driving growth across Zipcar’s consumer, university and business segments. Kaplan joins Zipcar from Dunkin’ Brands where she oversaw digital marketing and product innovation for Dunkin’ Donuts’ (DD) digital product suite (DD Perks, DD Mobile App). Prior to Dunkin’, Kaplan held director roles at Cartera Commerce and American Express.

Zipcar, the world’s leading car-sharing network, has added Jeep Wranglers to its Chicago fleet for Summer travelers who need a larger vehicle for outdoor adventure like a kayaking trip on Lake Michigan, a day hike at the Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, or a weekend camping at the Kettle Moraine State Forest.

The Jeeps are now available for reservation in South Loop, Lincoln Park, and Wicker Park by the hour or day, including a dedicated parking spot for pick up and drop off.

Zipcar today announced a new partnership with the City of Columbus to bring its “wheels when you want them” membership service to area residents, businesses, visitors and students. Eight Zipcars are now available for reservation from on-street parking spots Downtown, as well as Short North, German Village and Weinland Park through the partnership.

Zipcar is celebrating the first day of summer by equipping hundreds of vehicles across the country with free parking passes to state parks in an effort to encourage exploration of the outdoors, from hiking trails to tide pools, biking, swimming and everything in between. Zipcar has been a long-time supporter of state parks, with an active community of adventure-seeking members.

Vehicles with free park passes are available in five states: Colorado, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Oregon, and Washington.

Today, Zipcar is offering engineers a closer look at its car-sharing technology at Boston TechJam on City Hall Plaza from 4-9pm. Members of Zipcar’s engineering team will be on-site to chat about what they’re working on, and what it’s like to be behind the scenes of the world’s leading car-sharing network. From a custom in-house hardware and software design to a major city electric vehicle launch, they’ll explain how they’re constantly exploring new Zipcar technologies.