REPRESENTATIVE JARED POLIS

Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) is a member of the U.S. Air Force Academy's Board of Visitors. As a member of the Board, Congressman Polis inquires into the morale, discipline, curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods and other matters relating to the Academy that the Board decides to consider.

Congressman Polis was appointed to the Board by the Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2009.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jared Polis is an accomplished innovator and entrepreneur. He has founded several successful internet companies, including Proflowers.com and bluemountain.com. He was named Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2000, the same year he ran for and was elected to the Colorado State Board of Education, where he served as both Chair and Vice-Chair during his six year tenure.

Further applying his entrepreneurial spirit to the field of education, Polis founded two innovative charter schools in Colorado, the Academy of Urban Learning and the New America School. He later served as superintendent of the New America School, a public charter school with four locations in Colorado and New Mexico that helps new immigrant students learn English.

In 2008, Polis was elected to the 111th Congress, representing Colorado's Second Congressional District. He currently serves on the House Rules Committee and the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and is a Democratic Caucus Regional Whip. He is a charter member and vice-chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environmental Coalition, the Chair of the Immigration task-force of the Progressive Caucus, and an honorary co-chair of Third Way.

EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree, Princeton University

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

U.S House of Representatives