{"id":450,"date":"2017-10-19T17:27:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T23:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jovanmelton.com\/?page_id=450"},"modified":"2021-03-03T12:46:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T19:46:28","slug":"appointments-accomplishments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/jovanmelton.com\/?page_id=450","title":{"rendered":"Appointments, Awards &#038; Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Appointments<\/h3>\n<p>Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado &#8211; Board of Directors Member<br \/>\n2014 &#8211; Present<\/p>\n<p>Black Democratic Legislative Caucus of Colorado &#8211; Chair<br \/>\n2015-2017<\/p>\n<p>Black Democratic Legislative Caucus of Colorado &#8211; Vice Chair<br \/>\n2013-2015, 2017-2019<\/p>\n<p>Colorado General Assembly &#8211; Legislative Council Committee Member<br \/>\n2013-2019<\/p>\n<p>Colorado House of Representatives &#8211; Finance Committee Member<br \/>\n2013-2015<\/p>\n<p>Colorado House of Representatives &#8211; Health &amp; Human Services Committee\u00a0Member<br \/>\n2015-2016<\/p>\n<p>Colorado House of Representatives &#8211; Judiciary Committee Member<br \/>\n2016-2019<\/p>\n<p>Colorado House of Representatives &#8211; State, Veteran &amp; Military Affairs Committee Member<br \/>\n2013-2015, 2017-2019<\/p>\n<p>Colorado House of Representatives &#8211; Transportation &amp; Energy Committee Member<br \/>\n2015-2017<\/p>\n<p>Colorado House of Representatives &#8211; Local Government &amp; Transportation Committee Member<br \/>\n2019-2021<\/p>\n<p>Colorado House of Representatives &#8211; Majority Deputy Whip<br \/>\n2016-2018<\/p>\n<p>Council of State Governments\/National Conference of State Legislators &#8211; Recruitment, Hiring &amp; Retention for Peoples with Disabilities Taskforce Co-Chair<br \/>\n2016<\/p>\n<p>National Black Caucus of State Legislators &#8211; Region XII (AK, AZ, CA, CO, MT, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA) Chair<br \/>\n2014-2016<\/p>\n<p>NAACP Colorado, Montana, Wyoming State Conference &#8211; Keynote Speaker<br \/>\n2013<\/p>\n<p>Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated, Chi Phi Chapter &#8211; Voter Registration &amp; Civic Engagement Committee Chair<br \/>\n2013-2017<\/p>\n<h3>Awards &amp; Honors<\/h3>\n<p>2014 &#8211; Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition &#8211; ADA Access Award<\/p>\n<p>2014 &#8211; Colorado Restaurant Association &#8211; Iron Skillet Award<\/p>\n<p>2014 &#8211; Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado &#8211; Public Official of the Year Award<\/p>\n<p>2015 &#8211; Aurora Economic Development Council &#8211; A-List Leadership Award<\/p>\n<p>2015 &#8211; University Of Colorado &#8211; Alumni Legislative Award<\/p>\n<p>2015 &#8211; Urban Spectrum &#8211; African Americans Who Make A Difference Honoree<\/p>\n<p>2016 &#8211; Arapahoe County Democratic Party &#8211; Democrat of the Year Award<\/p>\n<p>2016 &#8211; Black Caucus of Health Workers of the American Public Health Association &#8211; Representative Louis Stokes Service Award<\/p>\n<p>2016 &#8211; Colorado Black Round Table &#8211; Regis F. Groff Salute for Service Award<\/p>\n<p>2016 &#8211; Colorado Community College System &#8211; Legislator of the Year Award<\/p>\n<p>2016 &#8211; Colorado Independent Automotive Dealers Association &#8211; Legislative Champion of the Year Award<\/p>\n<p>2017 &#8211; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated &#8211; Vanguard Award<\/p>\n<p>2017 &#8211; Colorado Independent Automotive Dealers Association &#8211; Legislative Champion of the Year Award<\/p>\n<p>2018 &#8211; Metropolitan State University of Denver &#8211; Rachel B. Noel Distinguished Visiting Professor Hope for the Future Award<\/p>\n<p>2019 &#8211; Colorado Automobile Dealers Association &#8211; Colorado Legislator of the Year Award<\/p>\n<p>2019 &#8211; Colorado Independent Automotive Dealers Association &#8211; Legislative Champion of the Year Award<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appointments Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado &#8211; Board of Directors Member 2014 &#8211; Present Black Democratic Legislative Caucus of Colorado &#8211; Chair 2015-2017 Black Democratic Legislative Caucus of Colorado &#8211; Vice Chair 2013-2015, 2017-2019 Colorado General Assembly &#8211; Legislative Council Committee Member 2013-2019 Colorado House of Representatives &#8211; Finance Committee Member 2013-2015 Colorado House &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"http:\/\/jovanmelton.com\/?page_id=450\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jovanmelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/450"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jovanmelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jovanmelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jovanmelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jovanmelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/jovanmelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":806,"href":"http:\/\/jovanmelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/450\/revisions\/806"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jovanmelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jovanmelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}