BIO – DAN MARRIES

News Anchor, KOLD-TV Tucson

Founding Trustee

Dan Marries is an Emmy Award-winning journalist who has been covering Tucson’s news for nearly 17 years at KOLD-TV (CBS). Before coming to Tucson in 1999, he earned his bachelor’s degree in mass communications/broadcast journalism from Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colorado. Dan grew up around the fire service: His father, Kurt Marries, is a contract helicopter pilot specializing in aerial firefighting – and during college, Dan spent four seasons fighting fires across the western U.S. with the Bureau of Land Management. He is the founding president of Casas Adobes Optimist Club, and in 2008, served on the Pima County Local Emergency Planning Committee, where he coordinated with media outlets to educate the public about the organization and its goals. Dan has also served as vice president of the Tucson Ski Club, volunteered at the National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans, and worked for the nonprofit Interfaith Community Services. Due to his community involvement, he was named the 2014 Tucson Rodeo Parade Grand Marshal and has been announcing the Tucson Rodeo Parade for more than ten years. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two boys.