Angie Paccione | |
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 Paccione in 2006 | |
| Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 53rd district | |
| In office January 8, 2003 – January 10, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Bacon |
| Succeeded by | Randy Fischer |
| Executive Director of Colorado Department of Higher Education | |
| Assumed office January 10, 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Angie Veronica Paccione February 21, 1960 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
Angela Veronica "Angie" Paccione (born February 21, 1960) is an American politician and former Colorado legislator who was a 2006 Congressional candidate.
A college basketball player at Stanford and professional basketball player in the 1980s, Paccione became a high school coach, teacher and administrator before earning a Ph.D. in education and joining the faculty of Colorado State University.
Entering politics in 2002, Paccione, a Democrat, spent two terms representing west Fort Collins in the Colorado House of Representatives, rising to become House Majority Caucus Chair. In the legislature, she focused on issues relating to youth and higher education.
In 2006, she was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Congress in Colorado's 4th Congressional district, narrowly losing to two-term incumbent Republican Marilyn Musgrave. After briefly launching a second Congressional campaign in 2007, Paccione stepped out of the race to join a business consulting firm.
In 2019 Colorado Governor Jared Polis appointed Paccione to be the executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education. On January 17, 2019, she was unanimously voted into the position by the Senate Education Committee.