Governor's Deputy Chief of Staff For Legislative Affairs Joins HCAC Member Centura Health

Posted Aug. 15, 2018

Gov. John Hickenlooper announced that Kurt Morrison will resign from the role of Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative Affairs. He will remain in the Office until the end of the month when he will assume a vice president position at Centura Health managing government and public affairs.  

Morrison spent 10 years serving the State, joining the Governor’s Office in 2014 as the deputy legislative director and deputy legal counsel. Prior to serving in the Governor’s Office, Morrison was the state and federal liaison/legislative counsel for the Colorado Department of Transportation where he advised the executive director and senior management team on public policy and legislation, and served as a resource to the General Assembly on transportation law. Earlier, he spent time with a national law firm, worked for the General Assembly as a legislative policy analyst, and served as a senior aide to a U.S. senator in Washington, D.C. Morrison holds an M.A. from George Washington University and a J.D. from the Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver.

Christina Rosendahl, legislative liaison for the Department of Corrections, will concurrently serve as Interim Director for the Office of Legislative Affairs for the duration of the Governor’s term in office.