215:. Committee assignments include the Senate Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resource Committee where he serves as vice-chair. He also serves on the Transportation committee. He also serves on the Interim Water Resources Review Committee, the UMTRA Oversight Committee where he serves as the chair, and was also appointed as the Senate Ag Committee representative on the Inter-Basin Compact Committee (IBCC). Whitehead has an extensive background in Colorado water issues. The latter part of his career with the State of Colorado was in the capacity of Division Engineer for the
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