David Baumgarten

David Baumgarten was the County Attorney for Gunnison County in rural western Colorado from 1989 through 2020, with responsibility to provide legal counsel to the Board of County Commissioners, all elected County officials and various County departments and boards. His responsibilities included judicial and administrative proceedings, and liaison and facilitation for the County with federal, state and local governments, the environmental community, extractive, recreation and development interests, and a diverse state and local population. In addition, David was a two term member of the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission. He holds a bachelor’s degree in social sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, a Juris Doctor degree from Fleming Law School at the University of Colorado, and a Masters in Education from Harvard University, He now does consulting – and all of the chores that have compiled over the past 30 plus years.