Federico Peña

Senior Advisor, Colorado Impact Fund

The Honorable Federico F. Peña is currently a Senior Advisor at the Colorado Impact Fund, which invests in companies having a positive impact in community health, natural resources conservation, education, and workforce and economic development in Colorado. Over the past several decades, Peña has practiced law, served in the Colorado State House of Representatives, served as Mayor of the City and County of Denver, founded an investment advisory firm, and served in two cabinet positions in the Clinton Administration as U.S. Secretary of the Department of Energy and U.S. Secretary of the Department of Transportation. He is a former Managing Director of Vestar Capital Partners, a private equity firm headquartered in New York City. Peña has four children, and he and his wife Cindy live in Denver. He has served on the boards of several public companies and non-profit associations. Peña was a National Co-Chair of Obama for America 2012. He held the same role in 2008 and was a national board member of the Obama-Biden Transition.