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, 2021-2025
Candidate, Colorado State Senate, District 31, 2020, 2024
Representative, Colorado State House of Representatives, District 6, 2017-2020
Former Member, Agriculture, Livestock, and Natural Resources Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives
Former Chair, Appropriations Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives
Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Colorado State Senate
Former Member, Capital Development Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives
Former Member, Executive Committee of the Legislative Council, Colorado State Senate
Former Member, Joint Budget Committee
Former Chair, Joint Interim Study Committee on Energy Legislation Review, Colorado State House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Technology Committee, Colorado State Senate
Former Member, Transportation and Energy Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives
Co-Founder, Colorado Energy & Water Institute, 2017-present
Teacher, University of Colorado, present
Associate Director/Director of Corporate Strategy/Director of Product Management/Director of Energy Insight, IHS Markit, 2005-2015
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