Elected Officials 2nd Congressional District CU Regent: Joe Neguse
| CU Board of Regents: Joe Neguse (CD2) |
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2990 Shadow Creek Drive, #308 University of Colorado Regent Joseph Neguse is a CU alumnus, a civic leader, and a law school student who has spent years advocating for public higher education. A Democrat, he was elected in 2008 to the CU Board of Regents to represent Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District. The son of immigrant parents from Eritrea, in northeast Africa, Neguse has spent most of his life in Colorado. He graduated summa cum laude from CU-Boulder in 2005 with dual bachelor’s degrees in economics and political science. As CU-Boulder student body president and chair of the Intercampus Student Forum, he became a voice for nearly 54,000 students in the CU system before state agencies, the Colorado Legislature and the CU Board of Regents. Neguse co-founded and directed the Fund Our Future Campaign, a grassroots effort aimed at increasing state funding for public higher education. Recognized widely for his efforts, Neguse became first CU student to be bestowed with an "emeritus" standing by the Board of Regents. Following his graduation, he served as the assistant to former speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives, Rep. Andrew Romanoff. He also has worked in the Boulder City Manager’s Office, and as an extern in Gov. Bill Ritter’s Office of Legal Counsel. Currently a third-year graduate student at the CU Law School, he is a commissioner on the Boulder Housing Authority, appointed by the Boulder City Council, and is serving a three-year term on the CU Alumni Board of Directors. Neguse bio from: www.colorado.gov/government/elected officials |
Elected in 2008