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Barbara O'Brien
American politician

Barbara O'Brien

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American politician
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Gender
Female
Place of birth
Brawley, USA
Age
74 years
Education
Columbia University
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Biography

Barbara O'Brien (born April 18, 1950) was the 47th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado from 2007 to 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

In 2013, she was president of Get Smart Schools, and served as a member of the Denver Public Schools Board of Education since 2013.

Political career

Lieutenant Governor of Colorado

She was chosen as running mate by Bill Ritter, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Colorado in the 2006 election.The Ritter/O'Brien ticket won with 57% of the vote.As lieutenant governor she made education her signature issue.Ritter chose not to run for re-election in 2010, and O'Brien also stepped down at the end of her term.

Prior to becoming lieutenant governor, she was a speechwriter and policy advisor for Governor Richard Lamm.

Denver School Board director

Barbara O'Brien was elected as the at-large school director of the Denver Public Schools School Board on November 5, 2013, claiming 59.5% of the vote and winning over Michael Kiley and Joan Poston. and was reelected in November 2017 to another term.

The Denver Post newspaper stated that candidates who promised reform won the majority of local school board elections across Colorado in the November 2013 off-year election, and that O'Brien, as well as her fellow winners for Denver School Board positions, were reform candidates.

Business career

As of March 2012, O'Brien was a senior fellow at the Piton Foundation, which uses its private funding to develop, manage, and incubate programs to create opportunities for lower-income families in Denver.

As of October 2013, O'Brien was President of Get Smart Schools.

Personal

O'Brien is married to Richard O'Brien, and has two sons, Jared and Connor.

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