Joe Rice
Joe Rice is the Director of Government Relations for Lockheed Martin Space
Systems. He is a Colonel in the Army Reserve with five combat tours of duty in
Iraq and one peacekeeping tour in Bosnia. Joe is also an adjunct professor of
history, government, and public administration at the Colorado Campus of the
University of Phoenix. He is a former member of the Colorado State House of
Representatives, and a former mayor of the City of Glendale. Joe and Kendall
live in Littleton and have three young children: Harrison, Lexie, and Dalton.
November 2008 to represent District 38 in the Colorado State House of
Representatives. House District 38 is in Arapahoe County and included Littleton,
Greenwood Village, Bow Mar, Columbine Valley, and part of Englewood. He
narrowly lost re-election in 2010 by 1% of the vote in a district where Republicans
outnumber Democrats by almost 10 points in voter registration.
While in the legislature, Joe focused on economic development and
transportation, passing ground breaking economic development legislation that
directly lead to thousands of jobs in Colorado and continues to be center stage
in current projects such as the Denver Stock Show and a possible bid for the
Olympic Games. Joe passed the first transportation funding measure in over
18 years, addressing a backlog of over 120 structurally deficient bridges as well
as other transportation improvements. Among other notable achievements were
the creation of a statewide Cold Case Team to address Colorado’s over 2,000
unsolved homicides, and a bill reducing the business personal property tax.
Joe’s private sector business experience includes work as a supervisor,
trainer, and manager at MCI, JDEdwards, and Wells Fargo Bank. Joe
served as the mayor of Glendale from 1996 to 2003, where accomplishments
included diversifying the community by attracting quality retail and professional
businesses to the city while cutting taxes, balancing the budget, building three
parks, and building the city’s first pre-school and recreation center.
Joe has served in the military for over 25 years. Assignments include
peacekeeping operations in Bosnia (2002); establishing the first post-Saddam
Baghdad City Council and serving as advisor and military liaison to the Council
(2003-2004); advising on interactions between military forces and the Iraqi
government (2005 and 2007); facilitating development of the Iraqi Security
Forces (2009); and implementing the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq and
developing enduring partnerships between US and Iraqi forces (2011). Joe is
Airborne and Ranger qualified. Awards include 2 Bronze Stars, the Combat
Action Badge for action under enemy fire, and the Expert Infantryman’s Badge.
Joe previously served on the Board of Directors of Sister Cities International and
has been involved since 2003 with the Baghdad-Denver Region Partnership, a
cultural and professional exchange program between Iraq and the United States.
Systems. He is a Colonel in the Army Reserve with five combat tours of duty in
Iraq and one peacekeeping tour in Bosnia. Joe is also an adjunct professor of
history, government, and public administration at the Colorado Campus of the
University of Phoenix. He is a former member of the Colorado State House of
Representatives, and a former mayor of the City of Glendale. Joe and Kendall
live in Littleton and have three young children: Harrison, Lexie, and Dalton.
November 2008 to represent District 38 in the Colorado State House of
Representatives. House District 38 is in Arapahoe County and included Littleton,
Greenwood Village, Bow Mar, Columbine Valley, and part of Englewood. He
narrowly lost re-election in 2010 by 1% of the vote in a district where Republicans
outnumber Democrats by almost 10 points in voter registration.
While in the legislature, Joe focused on economic development and
transportation, passing ground breaking economic development legislation that
directly lead to thousands of jobs in Colorado and continues to be center stage
in current projects such as the Denver Stock Show and a possible bid for the
Olympic Games. Joe passed the first transportation funding measure in over
18 years, addressing a backlog of over 120 structurally deficient bridges as well
as other transportation improvements. Among other notable achievements were
the creation of a statewide Cold Case Team to address Colorado’s over 2,000
unsolved homicides, and a bill reducing the business personal property tax.
Joe’s private sector business experience includes work as a supervisor,
trainer, and manager at MCI, JDEdwards, and Wells Fargo Bank. Joe
served as the mayor of Glendale from 1996 to 2003, where accomplishments
included diversifying the community by attracting quality retail and professional
businesses to the city while cutting taxes, balancing the budget, building three
parks, and building the city’s first pre-school and recreation center.
Joe has served in the military for over 25 years. Assignments include
peacekeeping operations in Bosnia (2002); establishing the first post-Saddam
Baghdad City Council and serving as advisor and military liaison to the Council
(2003-2004); advising on interactions between military forces and the Iraqi
government (2005 and 2007); facilitating development of the Iraqi Security
Forces (2009); and implementing the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq and
developing enduring partnerships between US and Iraqi forces (2011). Joe is
Airborne and Ranger qualified. Awards include 2 Bronze Stars, the Combat
Action Badge for action under enemy fire, and the Expert Infantryman’s Badge.
Joe previously served on the Board of Directors of Sister Cities International and
has been involved since 2003 with the Baghdad-Denver Region Partnership, a
cultural and professional exchange program between Iraq and the United States.
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