Joann Ginal

Joann Ginal DEMDemocrat

State Senator, District 14

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Joann GinalDEMDemocrat State Senator, District 14
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Joann Ginal is an American politician who serves in the Colorado Senate from the 14th district since 2019, as a member of the Democratic Party. Before her tenure in the state senate she served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 52nd district from 2013 to 2019. Ginal was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and also lived in Florida and Massachusetts. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire, Iowa State University, and Colorado State University during which she moved to Fort Collins, Colorado. In 2012, she was elected to the state house to succeed John Kefalas, who had run for a seat in the state senate, and served until she was selected to replace Kefalas in the state senate in 2018.

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Education6 - 6 of 4
Executive Course, Harvard Kennedy School
Attended Political Science/Government
2016
Colorado State University
PhD Neuroendocrinology/Reproductive Endocrinology
1990 - 1997
Iowa State University
MS Biology/Histopathology/Electron Microscopy
1976 - 1978
University of New Hampshire
BS Animal Science/Microbiology
1972 - 1976
Past Positions1 - 10 of 10
Senator
Colorado State Senate
2019 - Current
Representative
Colorado State House of Representatives
2013 - 2019
Medical Science Liaison
Ageless Scientific Consulting
2011 - 2012
Medical Affairs
Genentech
2010 - 2011
Medical Science Liaison
Bristol-Myers Squibb
2009 - 2011
Medical Affairs
Bristol Myers Squibb
2003 - 2010
Medical Science Liaison
Wyeth
1996 - 2003
Former Professor
Florida Institute of Technology
Former Professor
Iowa State University
Former Professor
Colorado State University
Other Experience1 - 13 of 13
Master Naturalist
City of Fort Collins
Current
Former Chair
Local Government and Housing Committee
Former Chair
Health, Insurance and Environment Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives
Former Member
Public Health Care and Human Services Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives
Former Member
Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, Colorado State Senate
Former Member
Agriculture, Livestock, and Natural Resources Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives
Former Member
Transportation and Energy Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair
Pension Review Commission, Colorado State Senate
Former Vice Chair
Joint Subcommittee on Pension Review, Colorado State Senate
Member
Joint Committee on Statutory Revision
Member
Joint Review Committee on Wildfire Matters
Member
Business, Labor and Technology Committee
Vice Chair
Health and Human Services Committee
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