Ava Zinn Resume

Experience

Aeverine Zinn Holdings
1999-present

November 1, 1999 - present

Owner and Chief Executive Officer

Fort Wayne, Indiana (May 14, 2018 - present)

Marion, Indiana (November 1, 1999 - May 13, 2018)

Oversee overall operations
Perform de facto supervisory duties
Perform the de facto role of Hiring Manager
Design logos and create YouTube series for own productions for:
- Amanda & Elisa (2004-09)
- Queen of the Willis (2006-12 and 2019-26)
- Vote for the Girls (2010-21, 2024-)
- Hoosier Anchorwoman! (2009-13)
- Vape Back! With Ava Zinn (2017-18)
- Ava Zinn’s Retail Nightmares (2018-19 and 2023-)
- The Sousas (2019-23)
- Caprice & Ella (2021-present)
- Quillsville Cold Case (2024-)
Created and launched web sites as Principal Webmaster (though semi-retired as of 12/18/2020):
- AvaZinn.com (1999-present)
- Ava Zinn’s Hoosier TV Museum f/k/a INNewsCenter (1999-2011 and 2014-)
Create, executive produce, and write screenplays/scripts for:
- Ava Zinn Investigates (1999-, broadcast journalist)
- Queen of the Willis (2006-12 and 2019-26)
- Vote for the Girls (2010-21 and 2024-)
- Hoosier Anchorwoman! (2009-13)
- Ava Zinn’s Retail Nightmares (2018-19 and 2023-)
- Caprice & Ella (2021-)
- Quillsville Cold Case (2024-)
Executive Produced two miniseries:
- Breaking Boiling Point
- Breaking Boiling Point 2: A Renter’s Revenge
Perform as a musician/singer:
Auditioned for the 11th season of American Idol in July 2011 (Ava Zinn Wants to Know/Vote for the Girls)
Performed at the Mississinewa Variety Show in April 2001 (as Frank Zinn)
To Release an Album TBD/TBA

Work with copywriters and journalists of the organizations involved to provide graphics, video, and web design deliverables for AvaZinn.com, mostly.
Assign and perform the duties of video editing, encoding, and production.

Carey Services
2009-2013

January 20, 2009 - May 31, 2013

Production Team Member

Marion, Indiana

Assembled various retail items such as bird feeders, electrical parts, etc. Irrelevant, yet helpful.

Education

Indiana University

January 12, 2026 -present

Bachelor of Science in Broadcast Journalism

Athens , Ohio or Bloomington, Indiana

Minor in Film & Media

Activities:

Additional Awards & Honors:

Purdue University - Fort Wayne

January 8, 2024 -October 27, 2025
January 2028- future

Bachelor of Science in Broadcast Communication

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Minors in Film & Media Studies and Music Technology

NOTE: Suspended on 10/27/2025 due to disagreement in ASL courses

Activities:

TRIO Student Support Services Member

Additional Awards & Honors:

Dean's List (Spring 2024 and Fall 2024)

Ivy Tech Community College - Fort Wayne

August 24, 2020 - December 17, 2023

January 12, 2026 - present

Association of Science in Visual Communications

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Ceremony was held on May 10, 2024.

Re-enrolled for American Sign Language courses.

Activities:

TRIO Student Support Services Member

Additional Awards & Honors:

Technical Certificate in Indiana College Core
Technical Certificate in Visual Communications
Dean's List (Spring 2023 and Fall 2023)

Indiana Wesleyan University

September 4 - 27, 2001

Bachelor of Science in Special Education

Marion, Indiana

Did not graduate and dis-enrolled on September 27, 2001, for failing to adapt to the college life at the time due to a lack of commuter's lounge as well of lack of support.