Marguerite Salazar

Marguerite Salazar is the current chief regulator for the State of Colorado.

Salazar obtained a Master's degree in counseling psychology.[1] For twenty years she was the President and Chief Executive Officer of health clinic provider Valley-Wide Health Systems.[1] She was appointed by Barack Obama as the Region VIII director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,[1] where she was responsible for implementing the Affordable Care Act in six states.[2]

On July 22, 2013 Salazar was appointed to be Insurance Commissioner of the Colorado Division of Insurance, effective August 19 of that year.[2] Among her first challenges were to implement Affordable Care Act stages, and dealing with the 2013 wildfire season.[2] Salazar found that Colorado had the highest Affordable Care Act rates in the nation, so she re-drew the district lines in an attempt to mitigate rate disparity.[3] As Insurance Commissioner, Salazar was reluctant to expand regulations by creating new Division of Insurance rules, even where she found rules inadequate, in recognition of the political climate of Colorado.[4]

She was appointed the chief regulator of Colorado by Governor John Hickenlooper in July 2017.[5]

She has served on the Board of Governors for Colorado State University.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Donlon, Rosalie L. (March 8, 2016). "Meet the 16 women who run state insurance departments - Colorado: Marguerite Salazar". PropertyCasualty360.com. ALM Media. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Pankratz, Howard (July 22, 2013). "Marguerite Salazar named Colorado commissioner of insurance". Denver Post. Denver, Colorado. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ Whitney, Eric (May 6, 2014). "Colorado Redraws Insurance Map To Cut Sky-High Ski-Town Rates". National Public Radio.
  4. ↑ Handy, Ryan Maye (July 10, 2015). "Insurance issues arising from disasters bring little regulatory change to Colorado". Colorado Springs Gazette. Colorado Springs, Colorado. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  5. ↑ Paul, Jesse (July 13, 2017). "John Hickenlooper announces new Colorado regulatory chief after Joe Neguse resigns for congressional run". Denver Post. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Colorado Insurance Commissioner". Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies. State of Colorado. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
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