BRW April Luncheon
Kathleen Chandler, Director of Independence Institute's Civil Involvement Project
Kathleen Chandler is the Director of the Independence Institute’s Citizen Involvement Project. She is also a political consultant and professional volunteer for conservative issues and candidates. She has a degree in Political Science from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and has been involved in politics for many years.
In the fall of 2024, Kathleen was elected to the Regional Transportation District (RTD) for District F, encompassing most of Aurora. This billion-dollar agency oversees the eight-county metro area's light rail and bus services. The Colorado Assembly formed the RTD in 1969. This is a four-year term with a maximum of two terms. In 1980, with the institution of elected representatives to RTD, it became one of the few American transit agencies run by elected officials instead of appointees. Kathleen has been appointed to RTD’s Operations Safety and Security Committee.
As Kathleen continues to use her influence to further fiscal sanity, she also wants to see Colorado become Colorado again. She loves the beauty of God’s creation as displayed in the diversity of Colorado’s environment. Kathleen is a 4th generation Colorado native and has lived in the Denver area since 1993. She is married with two sons and two grandchildren.
Famous quote by Kathleen: ”When you get on a bus, and you're the only person on it, it can get a little creepy when someone else gets on it, whether they're going to harm you or not. There's safety in numbers. So if there was, like, twenty people on the bus, you wouldn't feel as weird. It's just this weird dynamic. We need to increase the ridership, really, in order to increase the ridership."
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