User:Srcaulk/Rachel Zenzinger

In her first run for publicly elected office, Rachel Zenzinger became representative to the Arvada (Colo.) City Council in November 2009. Since moving to Arvada in 2002 and prior to taking her seat on the [Arvada City Council]http://arvada.org/government/city-council-members/, Rachel Zenzinger has served the community in a variety of capacities, most recently as a board member for the Arvada Council for the Arts and Humanities, and as a member of the Arvada Capital Improvement Project Committee. She has served as a board member for the Arvada Children’s Charity Ball and as a volunteer for the Ralston House; and she has participated in various community roundtables. She is also a member of the Arvada Jefferson Kiwanis and Spirit of Christ Catholic Community. She is a graduate of the Transit Alliance Citizens’ Academy. In her role as member of the Arvada City Council, she has served on the Jeffco Transportation Action Advisory Group, Apex Coordinating Committee, Gold Line Advisory Committee, Arvada Transportation Committee, and Metro Vision Issues Committee of the Denver Regional Council of Governments. And she is the City Council’s appointed representative to the Metro North Chamber of Commerce, the alternate to Arvada Sister Cities International, and the alternate to the Adams County Economic Development Association. Rachel has worked in the political sphere since college, and she applied her organizational skills locally to several political campaigns, including one on behalf of the North Jeffco (Colo.) Parks and Recreation District, now the [Apex Park and Recreation District.]http://apexprd.org/ She has engaged in those volunteer efforts while raising two children, Sophia and Olivia, with her husband, Ted. In her principal occupation, she works as executive assistant to the chief operating officer of Catholic Charities. Rachel graduated with honors from Regis University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts with an emphasis in education and a Colorado State Secondary Teaching License. Rachel was born and raised in Western Colorado and moved to the Front Range to attend college. She was awarded the Regis University Community Service award and inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit Honor Society. Srcaulk (talk) 02:37, 17 March 2010 (UTC)