Christine Scanlan
For State House
Getting to know your Representative
In January 2008, Representative Christine Scanlan was appointed as State Representative for House District 56, representing more than 75,000 Coloradans from Eagle, Lake and Summit counties. As a lawmaker, Representative Scanlan serves on the House Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources Committee and the House Education Committee. This past legislative session, Representative Scanlan carried the Governor’s education reform bill for the State of Colorado, ushering in major changes to the state’s education and assessment system for all of Colorado’s (Pre)K-12 students. Other legislative priorities include Interstate-70 traffic congestion concerns and efforts to mitigate the devastation of the bark beetle onslaught in Colorado’s high country.
Since joining the legislature, Representative Scanlan has assumed a Development Officer role for The Keystone Center - where she has worked since 1994 - focusing on project development for the organization’s education programs. Prior to this role, Representative Scanlan served as the organization’s Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
Representative Scanlan received her Bachelor of Arts in History and her Master of Arts in Nonprofit Organization Management from Regis University in Denver, Colorado. Representative Scanlan serves as President of the Summit School District’s Board of Education, President of the Mountain BOCES Board (serving 10 Colorado school districts), is an invited expert and member of Governor Ritter’s P-20 Council’s sub-committee on Preparation and Transitions. In addition, Representative Scanlan is a member of the Colorado Tourism Board of Directors and is Vice Chair of the Interim Committee on Wildfire Issues in Wild Land-Urban Interface Areas.
Ms. Scanlan has enjoyed living in the mountains of Colorado since 1995 with her husband Tim and three daughters.
