Ellen Burnes
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Original short description: "2020 Candidate for Senate, Colorado"
Template:Infobox officeholder Ellen Burnes (born in 1967)[1] is an American Politician and Finance Professor at Colorado State University[2][3] and former Chair of the Boulder County Democratic Party.[2][4] On April 17, 2019, Burnes announced her candidacy for U.S Senate representing Colorado.[2][1][5] If elected, Burnes would become the first woman to represent Colorado in the U.S Senate.[1]
Education and Career
Burnes got her Bachelor of Arts at Allegheny College, an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin in 1995 and a PhD from the Oregon State University in Natural Resource Economics in 2001.[6] Burnes was an Agricultural Business Professor at California State University, Fresno[7][8][9] and had a career in the private sector, including being a planner, economist and global office lead for MWH,[10] before becoming a Finance Professor at Colorado State University.[3]
Burnes is currently a member of the Boulder County Democratic Party Executive Committee, is a board member of the Emergency Family Assistance Association, a and a member of the Board and Finance Committee of the Association of Community Living,[1][6] a central committee member for the Colorado Democratic Party, a central committee member for Colorado's Congressional District 4, a Faculty Adviser at Camp Kesem in Larimer County and a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors.[6]
Burnes is also a former board member for the Democratic Women of Boulder County, former President of the Longmont Area Democrats, a former Crew Leader at Community Food Share,[6] and former chair of the Fresno Chamber of Commerce, Agriculture, Water and Environment Committee.[9]
Personal life
In addition to being a marathon runner[1][11] and a former member of the Zonta Foothills Club,[12] Burnes lives with two dogs, Franklin and Elliott, and is an advocate for women and the immigrant population.[12][13]
See also
2020 United States Senate election in Colorado
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Luning, Ernest (April 19, 2019). "Longmont economist joins crowded field of Democrats hoping to unseat Gardner". https://www.coloradopolitics.com/hot-sheet/longmont-economist-joins-crowded-field-of-democrats-hoping-to-unseat/article_a0389d6c-62e3-11e9-896d-7bf9997ac848.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wingerter, Justin (April 17, 2019). "Colorado State professor is the latest entrant in U.S. Senate race". https://www.denverpost.com/2019/04/17/ellen-burnes-senate-cory-gardner-colorado/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ellen Burnes- Instructor, Finance and Real Estate, Academic Department". https://biz.colostate.edu/about/directory/colostate-eburnes.
- ↑ Fryar, John (2018). "Boulder County’s Democratic field for soon-to-be vacant state Senate seat grows". https://www.timescall.com/2018/12/03/boulder-countys-democratic-field-for-soon-to-be-vacant-state-senate-seat-grows/.
- ↑ "Here’s who’s running to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner in 2020 — and who’s thinking about it". https://coloradosun.com/2019/03/27/cory-gardner-2020-opponents-democrats-colorado/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Democratic Party, Boulder County (March 13, 2017). "Democrat in the Spotlight: Ellen Burnes". https://www.bocodems.org/democrat-in-the-spotlight-ellen-burnes/.
- ↑ Burnes, Ellen; Wichelns, Dennis; Hagen, John (June 2005). "Economic and policy implications of public support for ethanol production in California's San Joaquin Valley". https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421503003525.
- ↑ Fresno State (May 9, 2003). "17th Annual - CSU Student Research Competition Results". http://www.fresnostate.edu/academics/grants/students/student-research03.html.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lal, Rattan (2005). Encyclopedia of Soil Science, Second Edition - Two-Volume Set. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780849338304.
- ↑ "Water expert joins MWH Dallas office". 2005. https://www.waterworld.com/municipal/drinking-water/article/16198001/water-expert-joins-mwh-dallas-office.
- ↑ "Moab Trail Marathon". http://www.racingunderground.com/EntryLists/MTM-15_EntryList.pdf.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Zing for Zonta: Boulder’s Got Talent". April 2018. http://hmhai.com/zing-for-zonta-boulders-got-talent/.
- ↑ Yarbrough, Shiquita (March 6, 2018). "Victorious Single Parent : The Caucuses". https://news.kgnu.org/2018/03/victorious-single-parent-the-caucuses/.
External links
Campaign website: Ellen Burnes for Colorado
