Speaker of the House Terrance Carroll has appointed three community leaders to the Long Term Fiscal Stability Commission, an interim committee. Saying that "They bring a deep understanding of the issues from a variety of perspectives" to the Commission, Speaker Carroll appointed The Honorable Carol Boigon, Mr. Cris White, and Dr. Kirvin Knox to the Long-term Fiscal Stability Commission.
Carol Boigon, Denver City Council At-large member. Past executive director of the Mayor’s Office for Education and Children.
From her City Council website:
"A few of my recent accomplishments of which I’m most proud include:
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"A few of my recent accomplishments of which I’m most proud include:
- Led the effort to add more police officers using current city resources
- Worked to increase transparency of City budget and accounting
- Key player in the redevelopment of the Lowenstein Theater/Tattered Cover Bookstore
- Helped revise zoning to support small businesses
- Denver leader in supporting changes to TABOR to free up funds for education"
Cris A. White, Chief Operating Officer of Colorado Housing and Finance Authority. Cris has been with the CHFA for 20 years serving in various capacities including loan origination, credit administration, and asset management. In January 1996, Cris left CHFA for a position with GE Capital where he assisted with the startup of that company’s Small Business Finance office in Denver. Cris returned to CHFA in 1997. Cris serves on the Executive Committee of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, Mayor Hickenlooper’s Denver Housing Plan Task Force and served on the housing committee of the Downtown Denver Partnership.
Dr. Kirvin Knox. In 1964, Kirvin began his career in animal science as a professor at Colorado State University and later became the director of the CSU metabolic laboratory. In 1972 he moved to the University of Connecticut (UConn) as professor and head of the Department of Nutritional Sciences. Later he served as a dean. After 20 years he retired from UConn and returned to CSU as vice provost for Agriculture and University Outreach and dean, College of Agricultural Sciences. He has more than 50 published scientific papers and has held leadership positions in international organizations, distance education organizations and also consulted in Italy (FAO), India (USAID), Switzerland (WHO), and Pakistan (USAID). He has received many awards, citations and recognitions and recently was elected to the Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame and named the Educator of the Century by the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union.
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