The Colorado Republican National Hispanic Assembly invites all of you to this month's breakfast program featuring Jeff Crank, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 5th Congressional District.

Mr. Crank will share with us his priorities if he were a member of Congress, his ideas and solutions to problems facing the U.S. and his vision for the future of the Republican Party.  For more information on Mr. Crank, please see his Bio below.

Jeff Crank, 41, has been married for 16 years to Lisa Crank. Jeff and Lisa have two children: Joel, 10; and Jessica, 5. Jeff has served as the Vice President, Government Sales for XAware Corporation which provides next-generation data integration solutions for Financial Services, and State & Federal Government.

Jeff was most recently a candidate for U.S. Congress in the 5th Congressional District Republican Primary in 2006. Before running for Congress, Jeff was Senior Vice President for Governmental Affairs for the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce.

He joined the Chamber as Vice President in May 1998 and was promoted to Senior Vice President in October 2001. He has been a frequent guest-host on the Joseph Michelli show on 740 KVOR. In 2004, that experience led him to host a weekly public affairs radio show, the Chamber Connection with Jeff Crank on Newstalk 1460 KZNT which he continued to host until his candidacy for Congress.

Jeff served as a staff member to U.S. Congressman Joel Hefley (R-CO) on Capitol Hill from 1991 until 1998. Jeff served as Administrative Director to the Congressman where he was responsible for all administrative operations of the Congressman’s Washington office.

Additionally, he was the staff person responsible for the Congressman’s work on the House Armed Services Committee dealing with funding for the U.S. Department of Defense, including military procurement, research and development, readiness, and personnel. In 1996 he helped author the Military Housing Privatization Act which privatized over 110,000 housing units at over 50 military installations, providing better quality housing for our military and their families.

Over the last 15 years, Jeff has been an active participant in the campaign to prevent the closure of Fort Carson, Colorado, through the base closure process. Jeff also served as Congressman Hefley's Legislative Assistant for defense issues and his education, labor, and government operations staff where he was responsible for all legislative initiatives in these areas.

Jeff graduated from Colorado State University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. Jeff was born in Pueblo, Colorado and has lived in Colorado all of his life except for his work for the Congress on behalf of the citizens of Colorado.