Andrew Romanoff, the Democratic challenger in the 6th Congressional District last year, thanks his supporters during his concession speech Nov. 4, 2014, at Moe’s Original Bar B Que in Aurora. (Brent Lewis, The Denver Post)
Plenty of speculation focused on last November to U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman.
On Monday, we got an answer: Romanoff will take over as president and CEO of influential advocacy group Mental Health America of Colorado. Some Democrats almost immediately had for the same suburban Denver congressional seat.
But his new job seems to throw cold water on that idea.
Romanoff succeeds Don Mares, to become Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s first executive director of the new Office of Behavioral Strategies, coordinating the city’s mental health efforts. “MHAC’s work is literally a matter of life and death,” Romanoff said in a news release announcing his hiring. “It’s a cause that touches every family, including my own. I’m grateful for the chance to make a difference.”
Chuck Reyman, the group’s board chairman, said in the release that Romanoff fit the bill for “a dynamic, inspiring and seasoned professional who could lead the next chapter in our 62-year history in Colorado.”
Romanoff that he felt a personal connection with his new job because his cousin, with whom he was close, killed herself in January. She had not told him that she might have suffered from depression, he told the Sentinel.
