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 Colorados 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 Womans Real World Conference, 2009-present
President/Coordinator, Southern Colorado Equality Alliance, Pueblos 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