Gigi Dennis Explained

Gigi Dennis
Office:Secretary of State of Colorado
Governor:Bill Owens
Term Start:September 26, 2005
Term End:January 11, 2006
Predecessor:Donetta Davidson
Successor:Mike Coffman
State Senate1:Colorado
District1:5th
Term Start1:January 11, 1995
Term End1:March 30, 2001
Predecessor1:Robert Pastore
Successor1:Lewis Entz
Party:Republican
Birth Name:Ginette Davis
Birth Date:November 28, 1961
Profession:Public administrator, politician, customer service manager, city manager
Spouse:Mark Lounsbury
Residence:Monte Vista, Colorado
Footnotes:[1] [2] [3]

Ginette E. Dennis (born November 28, 1961) is an American politician from Colorado, U.S. A Republican, she served as Secretary of State of Colorado from 2005 to 2006.[4] She was appointed Secretary of State by Governor Bill Owens and succeeded Donetta Davidson. Previously, she was elected to the Colorado State Senate and served there from 1994 to 2001.

Career

Dennis began her career by being elected to the Colorado Senate in 1994, representing District 5, which at the time included all or parts of Pueblo, Huerfano, Las Animas Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache and Custer counties. She was re-elected in 1998 but resigned about halfway through her second term to accept a position in the Bush Administration. She served as the Colorado State Director of USDA Rural Development. She served in this position for four and one-half years.[5]

In September 2005, Colorado Governor Bill Owens appointed her to serve as Colorado Secretary of State following the resignation of Donetta Davidson. She served in this position until January 2006.

Next, she served as Senior Manager of External Affairs for Tri-State Generation and Transmission. In May 2016, she was appointed county administrator for Alamosa County, Colorado.[6] As Alamosa County Administrator, she was involved in bringing a radar for weather information to Alamosa County.[7]

In 2022, she became the city manager for Monte Vista, Colorado.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ginette E. "Gigi" Dennis . . n.d. . Legislator History Database — Colorado legislators past and present . Colorado General Assembly . July 17, 2024 .
  2. Web site: Ginette (Gigi) Dennis (R) . . n.d. . Colorado Secretary of State . July 17, 2024 .
  3. Web site: Gigi Dennis (R) . . n.d. . Colorado Secretary of State . July 17, 2024 .
  4. Web site: Colorado Secretary of State Gigi Dennis on Vote Centers. Ryan. Warner. Colorado Public Radio.
  5. News: Waggoner . Priscilla . September 28, 2021 . Alamosa County Administrator Gigi Dennis to be new Monte Vista City Manager . live . Alamosa Valley Courier . https://web.archive.org/web/20240717135309/https://alamosanews.com/article/alamosa-county-administrator-gigi-dennis-to-be-new-monte-vista-city-manager . July 17, 2024 . July 17, 2024.
  6. News: . April 24, 2016 . Former Sen. Gigi Dennis to serve as Alamosa County administrator . live . The Denver Post . https://web.archive.org/web/20200624100756/https://www.denverpost.com/2015/04/27/former-sen-gigi-dennis-to-serve-as-alamosa-county-administrator/ . June 24, 2020 . July 17, 2024.
  7. Web site: Colorado community in a 'weather hole' finally gets its own radar. 9news.com. 13 March 2020.