Peter Groff
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"Peter C. Groff" is a member of the Obama administration and a former Colorado legislator and President of the Colorado Senate. An Lawyer/attorney, public servant, and political veteran, Groff was elected as a United States Democratic Party/Democrat to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2000, then re-elected in 2002. In 2003, he was appointed to the Colorado Senate, where he represented Senate District 33, which includes northeastern Denver, Colorado. Groff was the first African-American to serve as Colorado Senate

president pro tempore/president pro tem and Senate President. In May 2009, he was selected by President Barack Obama to head the faith- based-initiatives center for the U.S. Department of Education.

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I just wanted to go out to offer my support, ... that perhaps there were cultural needs that the people had, issues I could address.

I just thought it would be good to make myself available, to assist them in finding and acquiring what they might need.

It was the governor's office who was controlling who got into Lowry and who didn't.

It is early, but still I haven't seen that addressed yet. It is a question of schools, of jobs, of folding them into the unique community we have here in Colorado.