Debbie Rose, Board of Directors, San Isabel Electric Association, Pueblo West, CO. Debbie Rose is also the owner-operator of the Beulah General Store for the last 22 years. During that time, the business has been a successful employer in the Beulah area. She is presently serving on the San Isabel Board of Directors representing District 1 and serves on the Policy and Member and Public Relations Committees. She has attended several educational classes about leadership and the electric industry.

Rose and her husband Mike have three children. She and her husband have delivered mail in the Pueblo West community for 21 years through a postal contract. The initial contract covered the area from McCulloch Blvd. to Swallows Road.

Rose was elected to the Pueblo School District 70 Board of Education in 1997 and was re-elected in 2001, when she served as president. During her tenure, the district’s debt was eliminated, improvements were made to existing facilities and new facilities and new facilities were built to address overcrowding. As a school board member, she developed a leadership program which received a national award and was invited to Oxford, England, to present the program.

She is a member of Rotary 43. She also serves as a consultant to the Colorado Department of Education, working with low performing schools. Rose has previously served on the CSU Advisory Council, Gear Up Council, Pueblo Council of Governments, and the Colorado Association of School Boards. At the state level, she has served as chairwomen of the Governor’s Child Care Advisory Committee and was an active member of the Colorado High School Activities Association. Rose has also served on the Sangre De Cristo Arts Center Board and as a 4-H Leader.