Chris Hansen's Biography
- State Senate (CO) - District 31, Democratic
Contact Information
Office
200 East Colfax
Denver, CO 80203
Full Name:
Chris Hansen
Gender:
Male
Family:
Married; 2 Children
Home City:
Denver, CO
PhD, Economic Geography, University of Oxford, 2003-2008
MS, Technology Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000-2002
Graduated, Civil Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, 1999-1999
BS, Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University, 1993-1998
Senator, Colorado State Senate, District 31, 2021-present
Representative, Colorado State House of Representatives, District 6, 2017-2020
Candidate, Colorado State Senate, District 31, 2020
Candidate, Colorado State House of Representatives, District 6, 2018
Associate Director/Director of Corporate Strategy/Director of Product Management/Director of Energy Insight, IHS Markit, 2005-2015
Member, Appropriations Committee
Member, Legislative Council
Former Member, Agriculture, Livestock, and Natural Resources Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives
Member, Appropriations Committee
Former Chair, Appropriations Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives
Former Member, Capital Development Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives
Member, Executive Committee of the Legislative Council
Former Member, Joint Budget Committee
Former Chair, Joint Interim Study Committee on Energy Legislation Review, Colorado State House of Representatives
Member, Joint Technology Committee
Former Member, Transportation and Energy Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives
Co-Founder, Colorado Energy & Water Institute, 2017-present
Teacher, University of Colorado, present
Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 2002-2005
Analyst, NIST, 1998-2000
Co-Chair, Colorado Energy Coalition, 2012-present
Board Secretary, Executive Committee, Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation, 2012-present
Mentor/Fundraiser, Denver Kids, Incorporated, 2011-present
Member, Advisory Board, University of Colorado at Denver Business School, present
Member, Executive Committee, Central City Opera Board, present
Member, NewDEAL (Developing Exceptional American Leaders), 2019
Awards:
Marshall Memorial Fellow, 2012; Public Leadership Fellow at Harvard University, 2017;
Father's Occupation:
Retired High School Teacher/Coach
Mother's Occupation:
Retired Hospice and Hospital Nurse
Publications:
Author: "A bottom-up model of electricity reform for developing countries: a case study of Gujarat, India" (Dissertation) 2009