John Maslanik, Candidate for State Senator, SD31

 JOHN H. MASLANIK, Candidate Senate District 31

  535 16th Street, #240     Office:  303 861-8050
  Denver, CO   80202          Cell:  303 885-1876
  E-mail: jmas31@att.net

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

It is time for Democrats to strengthen their leadership in the Colorado Senate.  To win in 2010, Governor Ritter needs strong support from Democrats in Denver and Adams County to give him the confidence to pursue a progressive agenda for Colorado.

I will work hard to strengthen the Colorado Senate.  I pledge to be accessible full-time to all the residents of Senate District 31 and responsive to their diverse needs.  I want the Colorado Senate to achieve a high standard of trust and effectiveness and be an example of good government.

My business and international experience has taught me how to obtain results and build trust from people with diverse cultural backgrounds.  My academic work has given me an understanding of the broader social and political aspects of economic and public policy problems.

As a neighborhood and community activist, I have worked to make Downtown Denver a safe and economically vibrant, cultural center of the city.  As a US Peace Corps volunteer, I witnessed first-hand the effects of the collapse of the Russian economy and subsequent hyper-inflation.  I learned how people in desperate circumstances call for responsive government.

As Democrats, we must respond to the call for good government.  It is time for us to pick up the pieces of the so-called “Reagan Revolution”.  We need to strengthen our ties to each other and make our institutions more responsive to our needs.  We can no longer simply rely on the blind forces of the market to cure all ills.

I will bring dedication and energy to the Colorado Senate to fight for our shared Democratic values: including higher standards for banks and credit card companies, better roads and public transit, a stronger public education system, a more accessible healthcare system, protection for civil rights and more resources for jobs in an energy efficient economy.

VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

President or Treasurer, Downtown Denver Residents Organization, 2003-Present
Member, Citizens Advisory Commission, Denver Justice Center Complex
Member, Public Art Commission, New Auraria Science Building Addition
Treasurer and Board Member, Windsor Condominium Association, 1998-2001

DEMOCRATIC PARTY SERVICE

Candidate, Colorado RTD Director, District A, 2008
Chairman or Program Chair, Downtown Democratic Forum (DDF), 2001–2009
Member, Denver County Rules Committee, 2005-Present
Chairman, Denver County Transportation Platform Committee, 2005-2006
Campaign Treasurer, Friends of Jill Conrad, 2005
Co-Chair, Denver County Annual Dinner, 2005
Finance Chair, Denver County HD5b, 2003-2005
Candidate, Colorado House of Representatives, District 5, 2002
Chairman or Member, Denver County Century Club, 2001-Present
Committeeperson, Precinct 521, 1995-Present
Member, Chair’s Council, Colorado Democratic Party
Campaign Spokesperson, Clinton Presidential Campaign, 1992

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1995-Present President, Frontier Capital, Inc. (Managing Member, Stinson Capital Management, LLC)
Business consultancy and private investment company.  Besides co-managing private client investment portfolios, I have managed the multi-million dollar sale and subsequent repossession of mineral properties for a local mining company.  Other accomplishments:
• Acted as liaison between mine owners and the Colo. Dept. of Natural Resources and the EPA during a reclamation and tunnel closure project. 
• Negotiated land swap/cell-phone tower lease renewal between Clear Creek County government and private property owners.

1992-1993 Volunteer, U.S. Peace Corps
Management consultant for the Vladivostok Water and Sewer Department.  I analyzed the financial performance of the department and assisted my Russian colleagues with preparation of their 1994 budget.  This effort was instrumental in attracting the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID) to Vladivostok.  Other accomplishments:
• Introduced computer-based financial modeling to the department
• Obtained video-taped documentary from local television station of water pollution from untreated wastewater in St. Peter’s Bay, which attracted USAID (Moscow) to the Vladivostok project.
• Worked with foreign delegation and local residents to petition the Vladivostok city government for the re-establishment of a Roman Catholic parish in Vladivostok.

1980-1995 Founder & President, Big 3 Supply Co. of Wyoming
Wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating and industrial supplies in Colorado and Wyoming.  I expanded operations from one location and seven employees to four locations and twenty employees within ten years.  Other accomplishments:
• Developed sources for pipe, valves and fittings in Taiwan, S. Korea and Mexico
• Delegate, Colorado trade mission to China (1988)
• Negotiated sale of operations to nation-wide distribution company in late 1994.

EDUCATION

2001 University of Denver, Graduate School of Int’l. Studies, M.A. Int’l. Studies (Economics and International Security)
  Thesis: Power and Principle: The Limits of American Intervention in Europe
1995 New York Institute of Finance, Security Analysis & Portfolio Management
1989 University of Colorado at Denver, Certificate in Management: International Business
1986 University of Colorado at Denver, M.B.A.
1980 University of Wyoming, B.S. Business Administration; Major: Finance

OTHER EXPERIENCE
 Travelled extensively in East and Southeast Asia and Europe
 Commercial rated pilot (airplane single-engine land)
 Hobbies: skiing, squash, golf and riding my scooter around Denver