COLORADO WALKER STAPLETON STATE TREASURER
200 E. Colfax Ave. Room 140 Denver, CO 80203 Tel: 303-866-2441 Fax: 303-866-2123 Email: [email protected] Website: www.colorado.gov/treasury/index.html Selection Method: Constitutional— Elected by the People Term Length: Four Years Term Limit: Two Terms Served: Since January 2011 Next Election Year: 2014 Salary: $68,500
KEY STAFF
Brett Johnson, Deputy Treasurer 303-866-2441 [email protected] BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Michael Fortney, Communications Director 303-866-2441 Until being sworn in as Colorado’s 43rd State [email protected] Treasurer on Jan. 11, 2011, Treasurer Stapleton served as CEO and CFO of various private and Breanna Hewitt, Administrative Assistant publicly traded companies. His extensive private 303-866-2441 sector background in "nance uniquely prepared [email protected] him for the job of State Treasurer. OFFICE OF THE TREASURER Walker, his wife Jenna, and their young children Craig and Colette, live in Arapahoe County. Jenna Total Number of Employees: 31.5 has a master’s degree in social work from the Size of Treasury Annual Budget: $4,000,000 University of Denver, has worked for the Denver Size of Portfolio Managed by Treasury: Family Institute and served on the board of Open $6,800,000,000 World Learning. Walker’s community service includes past service on the board of The Denver The Colorado State Treasurer’s O!ce is responsible Public Library Friends Foundation, the Leadership for managing all cash received by the state. The o!ce Council of J.K. Mullen High School and the Tipitina’s invests state funds, manages and provides access Foundation in New Orleans. He and his wife are to unclaimed property, provides tax deferral and currently directors of Denver’s chapter of Social exemptions and manages certain "nancial obligations Venture Partners. speci"ed by statute. The o!ce provides interest-free loans to schools and serves as a trustee of Colorado’s Walker graduated from Williams College in Public Employee Retirement Association. Massachusetts and he holds a graduate degree in business economics from the London School of Economics and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
12 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE TREASURERS ABOUT THE TREASURY
Administration (4 employees): Performs all admin- istrative and legislative duties of the treasury. Banking & Cash Management (1 employee): Manages the federal Cash Management Improvement Act and provides cash management technical assistance to state agencies and local governments. Manages banking services on behalf of state agencies. Budget, Accounting & Cashiers (8 employees): Compiles spending plan. Performs accounting functions of the treasury as prescribed by law. Also, operates cashier function of management of daily receipts and disbursements of all state agencies. Reconciles warrants. Investment (3 employees): Manages state portfolio of investments. Unclaimed Property (15.5 employees): Collects, safe- guards and returns unclaimed property to its rightful owners.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
The state treasurer is a trustee for the Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association.
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