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Daneya Esgar's Biography

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Full Name:

Daneya Leigh Esgar

Gender:

Female

Family:

Wife: Heather

Birth Place:

Pueblo, CO

Home City:

Pueblo, CO

BS, Mass Communication, Colorado State University at Pueblo, 1997-2001

Former Majority Caucus Chair, Colorado State House of Representatives

Majority Leader, Colorado State House of Representatives, 2021-2023

Representative, Colorado State House of Representatives, District 46, 2015-2023

Candidate, Colorado State House of Representatives, District 46, 2018, 2020

Former Member, Agriculture, Livestock, and Natural Resources Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Appropriations Committee, Colorado State House of Representative

Former Chair, Capital Development Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Health, Insurance and Environment Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Joint Budget Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives

Former Member, Transportation and Energy Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives

Lead Community Organizer, Southern Colorado, Colorado Progressive Coalition, 2011-2013

Retirement and Retention Advisor, Upward Bound, Pueblo Community College, 2010-2011

Program Advisor, Upward bound, Colorado State University at Pueblo, 2009-2010

New Student Coordinator, Colorado State University at Pueblo, 2008-2009

News Producer, KOAA-TV, 2000-2008

Member, Emerge Colorado, 2013-present

Member, One Colorado’s Strategic Assessment Group, 2013-present

Member, Colorado Jobs with Justice, Steering Committee, 2012-present

Member, Pueblo = Equality, 2012-present

Precinct Co-Chair/Executive Committee Member, Pueblo Democratic Party, 2012-present

Member, PCHC, Early Intervention Services, Consumer Advocacy Committee, 2010-present

Member, El Pomar Foundation, 2009-present

Member, Young Woman’s Real World Conference, 2009-present

President/Coordinator, Southern Colorado Equality Alliance, Pueblo’s LGBTQ Advocacy Non-Profit, 2008-present

Member, Celebrity Server, 2012

Member, Power to the People Committee, 2012

Fellow, Center for Progressive Leadership, Colorado Political Leadership Fellowship, 2011

Volunteer, Pueblo City Council Election, 2011

Volunteer, Share the Burden Food Drive, 2011

Member, Leadership Pueblo, 2010

Executive Board Member, Pueblo Chamber of Commerce, 2009-2010

Awards:

2013 Power List Honoree September 2013
Awarded by OutFront Colorado Magazine

Activist of the Year Award May 2012
Awarded by the Colorado Springs Pride Center

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