25 Facts About Christine Scanlan

Christine Scanlan was born in Littleton, Colorado, and graduated from Columbine High School.

In that capacity, Christine Scanlan oversaw both Keystone's administrative offices and Keystone Science School's campus-based programs.

Christine Scanlan, who had served with the Summit School District Accountability Committee, was appointed from among ten applicants to fill a vacancy on the Summit School District Board of Education in April 2004 and was elected to a full term in November 2005, taking the highest vote total among the seven candidates for three school board seats.

Christine Scanlan was named the board's vice-president in November 2005 and then named its president in November 2007.

In 2007, Christine Scanlan served on a state commission on education that provided recommendations to Gov.

Christine Scanlan served as president of the Mountain Boards of Cooperative Educational Services.

Christine Scanlan is married; she and her husband, Tim, have three daughters, Catherine, Julia, and Elise, who attend Summit County public schools.

Christine Scanlan was selected over five other applicants to fill the remainder of Gibbs' two-year term; a majority of the thirteen members of the vacancy committee present chose her on the first ballot.

Christine Scanlan's appointment made her the 21st woman in a 40-member Democratic House caucus that thus became majority-female.

Christine Scanlan was appointed by House Speaker Andrew Romanoff to replace Dan Gibbs on the Colorado Tourism Office Board of Directors.

Christine Scanlan has pressed for extension of the Colorado Forest Restoration Act, a program providing funding to local groups to mitigate forest damage and wildfire danger brought about by expanding bark beetle infestations in Colorado, and is sponsoring, with Sen.

In September 2008 Christine Scanlan led a delegation of Summit County officials to Washington, DC to lobby for additional resources to combat bark beetle infestations.

Christine Scanlan sponsored a total of 11 bills during the 2008 session, all of which were signed into law, including measures to create an income tax donation checkoff for the Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund, to extend the Colorado Passenger Tramway Board, to restrict motor vehicle travel on public lands, and to bring safety standards for school busses in line with federal requirements.

Christine Scanlan has sponsored legislation to create incentives for businesses that harvest and make products from trees killed by bark beetles, and education reform legislation, and including proposals to replace Colorado's CSAP exams with national EXPLORE, PLAN and ACT tests in upper grades, and to align educational standards across grade levels.

Gibbs, Christine Scanlan was a prominent opponent of several proposals to charge tolls along the I-70 mountain corridor within her district.

Later in the year, Christine Scanlan was a prominent critic of Denver Water's decision to close the Lake Dillon Dam Road for security reasons, calling the sudden closure and lack of prior notification "inexcusable," and praising the dam's partial re-opening several weeks later.

Early in 2008, Christine Scanlan announced her intention to run for a full term in the state house in the November 2008 general election.

Christine Scanlan faced Republican Muhammad Ali Hasan, and, as of the end of the 2008 legislation session, trailed the largely self-financing Republican in campaign funds, running a lower-budget, "grassroots" campaign.

Christine Scanlan criticized Hasan's spending as "shameful" after he loaned over $40,000 to his campaign.

Colorado 527 group Accountability for Colorado distributed mailers in support of Christine Scanlan she expressed disapproval at their negative tone and over election laws that allow such groups to operate.

Christine Scanlan was critical of Hasan's plans to press for construction of a monorail along the I-70 corridor, instead supporting a thorough and coordinated study of the impacts and costs of mass transit.

In contrast with Hasan's advocacy of reduced regulation of national forests, Christine Scanlan called for increased federal funding for local projects to mitigate pine beetle damage.

Christine Scanlan prevailed over Hasan in the general election, defeating the challenger with 53 percent of the popular vote.

Representative Christine Scanlan resigned her seat and was appointed Senior Education Policy Advisor for the administration of Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper.

Christine Scanlan was succeeded by Democrat Millie Hamner a retired educator.