Karen Middleton (politician)

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While on the state board of education, from 2004 to 2007, Middleton ran a non-profit management firm, Karen Middleton & Associates, working with clients including the Institute of International Education, the Colorado Children’s Campaign and Up with People, focusing on education-related projects.

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School Superintendent Dwight Jones, in 2007. While on the board, she also cast votes against the use of quotas as a means of fostering diversity in charter schools, advocated for the creation of a state online education coordinator, and proposed a motion to allow state funding for "fifth year" high

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In addition to her professional activities, Middleton was a board member of Colorado Women's Agenda from 1994 to 2004, serving as its president from 1995 to 1999, and was a member of the DU International Human Rights Institute/Advocacy Center Advisory Board from 1998 to 2003. She has also served on

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in April 1996, first as Director of Admissions and Student Affairs and rising to the post of Assistant Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs, overseeing graduate student recruitment, enrollment, and management. While working in higher education administration, Middleton co-chaired the Association

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After joining the Colorado General Assembly in the midst of the 2008 legislative session, Middleton was named to seats on the House Education Committee and the House State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee. She has named economic growth, education, and health care as her top legislative

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in 2000, and quickly promoted to director of the Center for Internet Technology in Education. At eCollege, an online learning company specializing in online course development, she managed public affairs, online learning conferences, and consulting operations. In 2000, Middleton graduated from the

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in February 2008, v Middleton announced her intention to seek a Democratic Party vacancy committee's nomination for the open seat, and was quickly viewed as the leading contender for the appointment. On February 10, the vacancy committee voted 24-3 to name Middleton to replace Garcia in the state

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Middleton worked full-time while pursuing her doctorate. While a graduate student, she chaired the University of Denver's Graduate Women's Council from 2000 to 2002 and was a board member of the university's alumni association from 2003 to 2004. While in the School of Education, she received its

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In September 2008, following an Aurora murder, Middleton joined with other Aurora legislators in September to call for a state investigation into how the accused perpetrator, suspected of being an illegal immigrant, was allowed to remain in the United States under current law, with an eye toward

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In 2005, Middleton was appointed to the board of the Alliance for Quality Teaching, the advisory board of the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, and the Colorado General Assembly's Interim School Finance Task Force. In 2006, she was named to the State Advisory Committee for Gifted and

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the boards of the Aurora Education Foundation (from 2003 to 2006) and the Adams 14 Education Foundation (from 2004 to 2006), on the State of Colorado's Consumer Insurance Council (from 2001 to 2003) and on the Citizen’s Advisory Committee on Housing and Community Development (in 2003).

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For the 2009 legislative session, Middleton was named to seats on the House Education Committee and the House Transportation and Energy Committee. She planned on sponsoring legislation to create a state investment fund to support services for people with

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In 1997, Middleton entered the graduate program in higher education policy at the University of Denver. She spent 10 years pursuing a doctoral degree, was ABD (all but dissertation), but ultimately took a second master's and ended her graduate career.

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After having criticized Colorado Education Commissioner William Moloney, chastising him as "ineffective," and calling for his resignation, in 2006, Middleton was involved in the selection of his replacement,

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In March 2007, Middleton joined ScholarCentric, an educational publishing company, as Vice President of Development. In June 2007, she was promoted to Vice President of Sales and Development.

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house. She was sworn into the legislature on the morning of February 13, after having submitted her resignation from the Colorado State Board of Education, effective that same day.

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Talented Education. Middleton also served on the Government Affairs Committee for the National Association for State Boards of Education in 2007.

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While Middleton served in her first legislative session, she was pregnant with her first child, Zoe Grace Middleton, who was born in August 2008.

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Colorado Institute for Leadership Training and earned certification from the Institute for Management of Distance Education.

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and legislation signed into law to provide $ 5 million in funding in "Colorado Counselor Corps" funding for additional

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After a career as a development officer and project manager in the field of education, Middleton was appointed to the

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priorities for the legislative session. She has sponsored legislation to increase training standards for Colorado's

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After winning a full term in November 2008, Middleton was elected Majority Caucus Chair by state house Democrats.

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In 2004, she spent several months in an interim position as policy director for the House Minority Office at the

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to change the name, Middleton plans to offer a bill to change the name legislatively during the 2009 session.

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In November 2008, Middleton received the Charter Friends Award from the Colorado League of Charter Schools.

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While continuing to lead Emerge America, Middleton moved back from California to Colorado, returning to

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Increasingly prominent in Democratic Party circles, Middleton received the "Rising Star" Award from the

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In 2013, Middleton left her Emerge America position to accept an offer to become Executive Director of

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in Washington DC, as manager of development programs, raising funds for international programs.

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In August 2010, Middleton withdrew from her campaign for reelection to accept a position in

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Jim Frye and Republican George Carouthers. Middleton's re-election bid was endorsed by the

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In February 2008, Middleton was appointed as a state representative to fill the vacancy in

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College of Law (from 1994 to 1996), developing and managing capital and giving campaigns.

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In May 2013, Middleton left Emerge America to accept the Executive Director position for

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Middleton first sought elected office in 2002, campaigning for an elected post on the

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of Professional Schools for International Affairs Admissions Officers, attended the

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Middleton stood for a full term in November 2008; she faced opposition from

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in struggling public schools. Middleton has also supported renaming the

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From 2003 to 2004, Middleton was vice president for enrollment at

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Democratic Party members of the Colorado House of Representatives

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Karen Middleton – Colorado State House District 42 – About Karen

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revising state laws that may have contributed to the situation.

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In 1992, Middleton enrolled in the graduate program at the

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In October 2007, Middleton launched her campaign for the

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She was also hired as manager of program consulting at

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National Democratic Institute for International Affairs

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Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications

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Publication Award in 2003 and Service Award in 2006.

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in 2004 and in 2006 won election to a two-year term.

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