Bob Marks is the Executive Director of the Emmy Award winning Peninsula TV. Marks along with Mark Simon, Co-Host "The Game" fast paced news and commentary show focusing on politics, business and sports. Marks is the Creator and Executive Producer of "Bay Area Quiz Kids" which airs weekly on KRON4, the Bay Area’s News Station. Marks a life-long San Francisco 49er fan, attended his first game at Kezar Stadium, at the age of six. He can now be seen weekly as a regular panelist on "Hooked on the Niners".
Marks has been active in politics over the past thirty years as an aide and advisor to the Los Angeles, Santa Clara and San Mateo County Board of Supervisors. He also served as the Executive Director of the Governmental Research Council and as Vice-President of the San Mateo County Development Association. Since 1974, Marks has been a consultant and advisor to more than 50 political races at the local, state and federal levels. Marks has managed a variety of races in California. In 1980 he managed Deane Dana's upset victory over incumbent Yvonne Brathwaite Burke for a seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. In 1982 Marks managed Bill Hawkins campaign against Tom Hayden for the 44 th Assembly District seat. At the time it was the most expensive state legislative race in American history. Locally, his races include the campaign to extend BART to Colma in 1985 and BART to San Francisco International Airport in 1987. He has served as a consultant to the Lincoln Club of Northern California and is the Co-Creator of their "Anatomy of a Campaign" workshops. One of California’s premiere campaign seminars and training for political candidates.
From 1996 -1999 Marks was the host of "Political Pulse" an award winning talk show featuring in-depth interviews with a variety of local, state and national figures including "Hardball" host Chris Mathews, former JFK Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, Senator John McCain, Senator Bill Bradley and New York Governor George Pataki.