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Rachel Zenzinger's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

200 East Colfax Avenue, Room 346
Denver, CO 80203

Full Name:

Rachel Zenzinger

Gender:

Female

Family:

2 Children: Sophia, Olivia

Birth Place:

CO

Home City:

Arvada-Westminster, CO

Religion:

Catholic

Certified, Adult Learning, Traning, & Development, Regis University

MA, Adult Education, Regis University, 2000-2011

BA, Education, Regis University, 1993-1998

Senator, Colorado State Senate, District 19, 2013-2015, 2017-present

Candidate, Colorado State Senate, District 19, 2020

Councilmember/Mayor Pro Tempore, Arvada City Council, 2009-2013

Vice Chair, Appropriations Committee

Former Chair, Appropriations Committee, Colorado State Senate

Former Chair, Education Committee

Former Member, Education Committee, Colorado State Senate

Chair, Joint Budget Committee

Former Member, Joint Budget Committee, Colorado State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Statutory Revision

Former Chair, Joint Committee on Statutory Revision, Colorado State Senate

Former Member, Joint Interim Study Committee on Making Higher Education Attainable, Colorado State Senate

Former Member, Joint Legislative Interim Committee on School Finance, Colorado State Senate

Former Member, Transportation and Energy Committee

State Manager, the Colorado Educator Voice Fellowship- America Achieves, 2015-2016

Program Advisor and Community Outreach Coordinator, Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative, 2015

Program Coordinator, Master of Arts in Education Program, Regis University, 2012-2014

Secretary/Board Member, Denver Regional Council of Governments, 2009-2013

Campaign Manager, Evie Hudak Colorado State Senate Campaign, 2012

Legislative Aide, Senator Mary Hodge, 2011-2012

Community/Donor Relations, Catholic Charities Denver, 2007-2010

Coordinator, Expelled Program, Vantage Point Campus, 2003-2005

Assistant Director, Alumni and Parent Programs, Regis University, 2000-2003

Board Member, The Transit Alliance, 2015-present

Member, Westminster Chamber of Commerce, 2014-present

Member, Arvada Chamber of Commerce, 2009-present

Member, Arvada Jefferson Kiwanis, 2007-present

Board Member, Denver Urban Drainage and Flood Control District

Member, Spirit of Christ Catholic Community

Board Member, Ralston House, 2011-2014

Board Member, Jefferson County Child and Youth Leadership Commission, 2011-2013

Board Member, Arvada Community Food Bank, 2010-2011

Board Member, Arvada Council for the Arts and Humanities, 2003-2009

Member, Transportation Implementation Committee, City of Arvada, 2008-2009

Member, Citizens' Capital Improvement Project Committee, City of Arvada, 2007-2008

Board Member, Childrens' Charity Incorporated, 2005-2007

Awards:

Friend of Adult Education, Colorado Adult Education Professional Association, 2015
Outstanding Citizens' Academy Graduate, Transit Alliance, 2014
Legislator of the Year, Colorado Community College System, 2014
Woman of the Year, Northwest Business & Professional Women, 2012
Named by Denver Post at one of Colorado's "Up and Coming" Most Influential Women
Arvada Young Professional Award
Regis University Service to Others Award

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