Irene Aguilar | |
State Senate: | Colorado |
State: | Colorado |
District: | 32nd |
Term Start: | January 2011 |
Term End: | January 4, 2019 |
Preceded: | Chris Romer |
Succeeded: | Robert Rodriguez |
Birth Date: | 5 April 1960 |
Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Spouse: | Thomas W. Bost, MD |
Profession: | Doctor |
Party: | Democratic |
Dr. Irene Aguilar (born April 5, 1960) is a former Democratic member of the Colorado Senate. She represented the 32nd district from 2011 to early 2019. Her district encompassed part of the city of Denver, Colorado.[1]
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Aguilar completed her undergraduate degree at Washington University in St. Louis. She received a medical degree from University of Chicago- Pritzker School of Medicine.[2]
Aguilar was appointed by Governor Romer to the Colorado Board of Medical Examiners in 1993, where she served for eight years. She has since continued to serve the board as a consultant.[3] She was appointed to her first term in the State Senate in December 2010 after being chosen by a vacancy committee to replace Sen. Chris Romer.
In the 2011 session of the Colorado General Assembly, Aguilar was Vice-Chair of the Business, Labor and Technology Committee, and a member of the Health and Human Services Committee and the Local Government and Energy Committee.