RSJ Faculty and Staff
Zanny Marsh '09
Special Projects Director
- Office: Reynolds School of Journalism 206
- Phone: (775) 784-4783
- Email: zmarsh@unr.edu
Education
Master of Justice Management. University of Nevada, Reno
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism. California State University, Sacramento
Experience
Zanny Marsh administers the Reynolds High School Journalism Association, the Hearst Journalism Awards and other competitive reporting opportunities for students, and Reynolds School-community projects.
Biography
For more than a decade, Ms. Marsh has developed and administered grant- and philanthropic-funded community education programs that promote prolonged independence for vulnerable seniors and persons with disabilities, mentoring for at-risk children whose primary caregivers are incarcerated, and volunteer service programs.
A published author and professional communicator, Ms. Marsh has written extensively about higher education applied and theoretical research, civic engagement, and community quality of life. Ms. Marsh has produced a series of television programs promoting lifelong education, civic engagement, health and wellness, and public well-being for older adults in Nevada.
Ms. Marsh chaired the Truckee Meadows Tomorrow (TMT) Quality of Life Taskforce in 2005-2006, which updated quality of life indicators for the first time in five-years and she served as president of Truckee Meadows Tomorrow in 2007. In 2008, Washoe County manager Katy Simon nominated Ms. Marsh as the only citizen representative to serve on the Center for Performance Measurement Leadership Committee, part of the International City/County Management Association. Part of the committee's work is to further the integration of citizen-driven community indicators and government performance measurement.
