mbrisk@newalbanyohio.org; voicemail: 614-939-4021
Term ends 12/31/27

Marlene and her late husband Jim moved to New Albany in 2004. Their three daughters are all graduates of New Albany High School.

Marlene received a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Finance from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business and earned a Juris Doctor degree from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. She has been employed in the field of commercial real estate management since 2001 and is currently Senior Vice-President and Counsel at Schottenstein Property Group.

Marlene served on the New Albany Board of Zoning Appeals from 2010-2014.  In 2014, she was the first woman appointed to the New Albany Planning Commission, where she served until becoming a member of City Council in 2016. She is a graduate of the New Albany Citizen Police Academy and of the first class of Leadership New Albany, coordinated by the New Albany Chamber of Commerce.

As a member of City Council, Marlene has served as Council Liaison to the Board of Zoning Appeals, the Planning Commission, and to the New Albany-Plain Local School District. She is currently a Council Liaison to the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility (IDEA) Implementation Panel, Community Improvement Corporation, and to the New Albany Architectural Review Board. She is a member of the Hotel/Motel Bed Tax Grant Committee and serves on the Healthy New Albany Steering Committee and the New Albany Bridges Steering Committee.