Nina Trasoff

Chair, Department Board - Psychology

Corporate communications consultant who serves as the chair of the Psychology Advisory Board, the Dance Advisory Board and the Arthritis Center Advisory Board.

Nina Trasoff is a corporate communications consultant who has made Tucson her home since 1976. She came for her job as a reporter and news anchor at KGUN-TV, where she also wrote and produced dozens of documentaries, special series, and investigative reports on topics ranging from the special needs of children to the death penalty. In 1983 she became public relations director and public affairs producer at KGUN, where she won numerous national and local awards for her work both on and off air.

In 1985 she left KGUN to develop and direct the News/Communications department at the Arizona Health Sciences Center. While there, she served as spokesperson for the hospital when it became the focus of national and international attention for being the first to use an artificial heart as a bridge to transplant.

In 1988 Ms. Trasoff formed her own company to handle the internal and external communications needs of her clients, something she pursued for 17 years before serving on the Tucson City Council, where for four years she focused on sustainable growth, revitalization of Downtown, integration of the fine arts in economic development planning, restructuring of the Land Use Code to enable adaptive reuse of old buildings, and fiscal responsibility.

She has served on dozens of nonprofit boards during her years in Tucson. Currently, she serves as chair of the UA Psychology Advisory Board, sits on the College of Science Advisory Board, the UA Dance Advisory Board and the UA Arthritis Center Advisory Board, and is on the honorary boards of Arizona Theatre Company and Ballet Tucson.