Ruth Mackenzie has extensive experience in marketing and communications, including brand development, advertising, promotions, stakeholder engagement, and media relations. She has worked in a variety of industries in both the private and the public sectors, including 10 years at University of Otago and five years at Massey University (MU). Mackenzie has also worked in radio, event management, retail, and with two government agencies. Recently, as part of a Memorandum of Understanding between MU and Volunteer Service Abroad, she was able to spend a year working in Timor-Leste assisting in their programmes to support community policing, health and nutrition, and the rights of women. 

Mackenzie is grateful that her work experience has been so diverse and interesting.