People from Larimer County, Colorado: People from Estes Park, Colorado, People from Fort Collins, Colorado, Byron White, Temple Grandin

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: People from Estes Park, Colorado, People from Fort Collins, Colorado, Byron White, Temple Grandin, John Kefalas, Marilyn Musgrave, Randy Fischer, Bob Schaffer, Jeremy Bloom, Wayne Allard, Jon Heder, Betsy Markey, Darnell McDonald, Jeff Byers, Brian Lawrence, Doug Hutchinson, Bob Weber, Tommy Caldwell, Jake Lloyd, Jesse Solomon, Benjamin Harrison Eaton, Ryan Sutter, Bob Bacon, Henderson C. Howard, Travis Lane Stork, Jon Cooper, Donald L. Howard, Mark Muir Mills, Kyle Howard, Basil James, Freelan Oscar Stanley, Steven Geray, Frank Caeti, Stan Matsunaka, Frank Monroe Upton, Mark D. Miller, Chester H. West, Libbie Hickman, John Rostek, Jess E. DuBois, Danielle Scimeca, Jeff Donaldson, Pete Monty, David Burroughs Mattingly. Excerpt: John Michael Kefalas (born December 26, 1954) is a legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. An educator and lobbyist before first running for the legislature in 2004, Kefalas defeated a Republican incumbent to win election to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2006. He represents House District 52, which encompasses the eastern half of Fort Collins, Colorado. In the legislature, Kefalas has focused on health care and poverty issues, and he won re-election to a second term in the state house in 2008. Born in Piraeus, Greece, Kefalas earned a bachelor's degree in botany from Colorado State University in 1978 and then joined the Peace Corps in 1979, serving as an agricultural extension worker in El Salvador. After returning to the United States, he earned a master's degree in teaching, with a secondary science specialization from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1982 and taught in the Poudre School District. He has also worked as an employment counselor for Larimer County, Colorado, and as a health outreach worker. From 1997 to 2004, Kefalas worked as a public policy advoca...