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
Chair, Joint Budget Committee
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