Mark Ferrandino

Mark Ferrandino
57th Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives
In office
January 9, 2013 – January 7, 2015
Preceded byFrank McNulty
Succeeded byDickey Lee Hullinghorst
Minority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives
In office
January 12, 2011 – January 9, 2013
Succeeded byBrian DelGrosso
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 2nd district
In office
October 1, 2007[1] – January 7, 2015
Preceded byMike Cerbo
Succeeded byAlec Garnett
Personal details
Born (1977-08-09) August 9, 1977 (age 47)[2][3]
Nyack, New York[4]
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseGregory Wertsch[5]
Residence(s)Denver, Colorado
Alma materUniversity of Rochester
OccupationFiscal Analyst, politician
WebsiteRepresentative Mark Ferrandino

Mark Steven Ferrandino (born August 9, 1977) is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado and former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives. Appointed to the legislature in 2007, Ferrandino represented House District 2, encompassing south central Denver from 2012 to 2014.[6] He is the first openly gay male legislator in Colorado history. He did not seek re-election in 2014, and was the chief financial officer of Denver Public Schools.[7][8] On November 19, 2020, Colorado Governor Jared Polis appointed Ferrandino to serve as executive director of the Colorado Department of Revenue.[9][10] He served in the position until July 2023, when the governor named him director of the Office of State Planning and Budgeting.[11]

  1. ^ "House Journal - January 9, 2008" (PDF). Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
  2. ^ "Project Vote Smart: Rep. Mark Ferrandino". Retrieved 2008-10-15.
  3. ^ Project Vote Smart lists his birthday as September 9. Ferrandino's Twitter posts suggest August 9: https://twitter.com/MarkFerrandino/status/20683301958
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference bio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Representative Mark Ferrandino". Colorado General Assembly. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2011-05-29. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  6. ^ "State House District 2". COMaps. Archived from the original on 2008-03-04. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  7. ^ "Colorado speaker Mark Ferrandino to join Denver Public Schools". Chalkbeat. 18 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Colorado's new higher education funding model". 23 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Former House Speaker Mark Ferrandino picked by Polis to lead Department of Revenue". 18 November 2020.
  10. ^ "DPS to Lose Another Leader as Mark Ferrandino Named to Top State Position". 18 November 2020.
  11. ^ Goodland, Marianne (September 11, 2023). "Fourth Polis official 'transitions' in less than three months". Colorado Politics. Archived from the original on September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.