Marsha Arzberger

Personal information

Family

Occupation

• Farmer/Rancher
• Arizona Board of Regents 1993-2000
• Assistant to the Director for Special Projects
• former Dean of Draughon's Business College and professor Oklahoma Junior College of Business and Technology
• Registered Medical Laboratory Technologist

  Elected

• State Senate 2000-2001, District 8; State Senate 2003-2004, District 25
• Elected Precinct Committeeperson 1982-1996

  Education

• Bachelor of Science in Education, Northwest Missouri State University
• Master's in Public Administration, Arizona State University
• Graduate work toward a second master's degree in Political Science, ASU

  Background & Experience

• Marsha was raised on a farm in Missouri and worked her way through college with scholarships
• Dean of Draughon's Business College in Kansas City, MO; Professor, Oklahoma Junior College of Business and Technology
• Farmer / Rancher, partner with husband Gus in family farm and ranch businesses and owned and managed apartments
• Arizona Board of Regents, Assistant to the Director for Special Projects, focusing on higher education research. Coordinated the 2000 Higher Education Arizona Town Hall *Background Report and authored two chapters.
• Registered Medical Laboratory Technologist

  Appointments & Boards

• Appointed to the Arizona Commission of Agriculture & Horticulture 1979-1982
• Cochise College Foundation Board member since 1999

  Personal Achievements

• Private Pilot with instrument rating and over 5000 hours of flying experience
• Published author of a novel and approximately 18 journalism articles

  Community Service

• Civil Air Patrol – 30-year member. Group Commander of Southeast Arizona; Command Search Pilot; Search and Rescue Mission Commander
• Volunteered at Willcox Elementary and Middle schools
• Served on Willcox, Arizona public schools community committees

  Organizations

• Cochise College Foundation Board
• Civil Air Patrol
• Farm Bureau
• Cattle Growers
• Business & Professional Women
• AAUW
• National Organization of Women Legislators
• Cochise County Democrats
• Friends of the Library
• Sulphur Springs Historical Society
• League of Women Voters

  Interim Committees

• Rural Physicians Study Committee
• Ad Hoc Study Committee on State Retirees Health Benefits
• Blue Ribbon Task Force on Effluent Reuse
• Joint Legislative Study Committee on State Employee Compensation