Our Team

Executive Director

Phone: 775-825-1900

Email: Zanny Marsh

Location: Sparks, NV

Zanny Marsh (she/her) joined Nevada Volunteers, bringing experience with federal and state grant recipients, AmeriCorps and Senior Corps service members, volunteer management, program design, strategic communications, and government affairs. In her new role, she seeks to advance initiatives outlined in the State Service Plan, with emphasis on increasing Statewide impact and collaborating with stakeholders in inclusive collective impact models that engage government, the private sector, nonprofits, and philanthropy.

Marsh develops collective impact projects for, and consults with, the private sector and not-for-profit organizations to integrate citizen-driven community indicators into government using performance measurement models. She has designed programs that have been adopted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the U.S. Department of State.

Marsh has held positions in in health care, higher education, and law enforcement, and most recently served as executive director for the American Red Cross of Northern Nevada. Ms. Marsh holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s in justice management. In 2012, she was appointed to Faculty Emeritus from the University of Nevada, Reno, and she developed and teaches a graduate course that examines implications of aging offenders in America’s corrections facilities.

Director of AmeriCorps

Phone: 775-825-1900

Email: Alicia Blood

Location: Sparks, NV

Alicia (she/her) comes to Nevada Volunteers from Seattle where she spent the last 12 years working in the non-profit and university setting with the YMCA of Greater Seattle and the University of Washington Botanic Gardens. During that time Alicia managed youth leadership, service, and environmental education programs in addition to a few years as the Grants and Contracts Manager for a youth violence prevention program called Alive & Free.

Alicia served two terms as an AmeriCorps Member with the Washington Service Corps and has since served as a site supervisor for many AmeriCorps Members over the years. With a BA in Biology and Environmental Studies from Claremont McKenna College and a MS in Biology for Teachers from the University of Washington, Alicia has a passion for science and the environment and loves sharing that with others, especially her husband and two children as they explore the outdoors together.

Alicia is thrilled to finally be drying out in the Nevada sun and to be a part of the Nevada Volunteers team!

AmeriCorps Program Officer

Phone: 775-224-9141

Email: Charli Bruce

Location: Las Vegas, NV

Charli (they/them) is a California native, who has lived in Nevada for the last decade, and currently resides in Las Vegas, NV. They completed their undergraduate degree in Public Health and Sociology at University of Nevada, Reno and their Master’s in Urban Leadership & Public Policy at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Charli is extremely passionate about systems development, public health, inclusivity, equity and so much more.

They are proud to bring their experience as a AmeriCorps program director to the program officer role, and look forward to supporting programs across the state

When not working, you can catch Charli usually at home surrounded by their cats Sage and Viridian, or painting supplies and a good book.