Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  Roosevelt members at the Campus Progress conference Announcements Africa Policy Conference @ UNC Perfect Presidential Platform crafted @ UGA Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More National Press Chronicle of Higher Education The Nation LA Times New York Times > More "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." — Eleanor Roosevelt    Zach Marks School: Yale Member of: RI at Yale Alumni Expo Cocktail Reception Core Chapters and Staff Center on Education Education Policy Coordination Reducing our dependence on foreign, harmful, and unsustainable energy Roosevelt Policy Expo 2006 Socioeconomic Diversity in Higher Education Higher Education Conference Group Making Democracy Work National Policy Coordination Staff Rebuilding the Criminal Justice System Responsible Community Development Steering Committee 2006-07 Building an America that Works for Working Families Contact info: Login Email:  zachary.marks(AT)yale.edu Contact Email:  zachary.marks(AT)yale.edu Permanent Email:  zachary.marks(AT)yale.edu Policy interests: Criminal justice, Diversity, race, and opportunity, Economic policy, Education, Energy, Fair and clean politics, Government reform, Nonprofits and philanthropy, Poverty and social justice, Responsible business practices, Social policy, The courts, The media, Urban policy Zach Marks, born and raised in Philadelphia where he attended Central High School, is a junior at Yale University. He is majoring in Ethics, Politics, and Economics with an Urban Studies concentration. Zach served as co-director of “A Seat at the Table,” a conference which brought hundreds of students, policymakers, and university administrators from across the country to Yale to discuss how to make college more accessible and more affordable. As national coordinator of the Roosevelt Challenge: Increase Socioeconomic Diversity in Higher Education Zach is helped Roosevelt fellows across the country develop policy with the end goal: make the dream of a college education a reality for all students, regardless of what they put on their financial aid application. In addition to working for the Roosevelt Institution, Zach serves as secretary of the Yale College Council, Yale’s student government, where he works on issues ranging from University financial aid reform to economic development in New Haven. He works in Yale's Office of Undergraduate Admissions where he administers the Student Ambassador program which reaches out to low-income high school students to help them navigate the admissions process. He also writes a food column for the Yale Daily News which has been covered in The New York Times and on National Public Radio's Here & Now, and enjoys competing in triathlons.   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 1527 New Hampshire Avenue NW, 4th Floor / Washington, DC 20036 || Fax: (202) 483-2657