Elect Bob Balink 
El Paso County Treasurer
2010

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Background and Experience

Thirty years of leadership experience with major corporations (including GenCorp, The Southland Corporation, Club Corporation of America, the National Archery Association, and the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce); former assistant professor of management and law. Concurrently founded and owned a small business for 22 years.

"I believe in fiscal restraint, personal responsibility, and the limited role of government."

Key Strengths

  • Organizational management
  • Administrative leadership
  • Budgeting and finance
Professional & Educational Background
  • MBA (Marketing & Finance)
    B.A. (Economics) – Rollins College
  • El Paso County Clerk & Recorder
    (November 2002-present)
  • Institute for Organizational Management, Graduate (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
  • Doctoral studies, Duke University
 

Personal
  • Married to Adele (former elementary teacher) since 1973
  • One daughter, one granddaughter
  • Member, St. George’s Anglican Church
  • Hobbies: Golf, Boating, Tennis (former international player & referee)

 
Current & Past Community Involvement

  • Chairman, El Paso County I.T. Council
  • U.S. Air Force Academy cadet sponsor
  • Civil Service Commissioner & Chairman
    (City of Colorado Springs)
  • Treasurer, St. George's Anglican Church vestry
  • Rotary International, member (Paul Harris Fellow)
  • F.B.I. Citizen’s Academy, graduate
  • El Paso County Transportation Advisory Board
  • Briargate Special Maintenance Improvement District, Board member
  • United States Olympic Committee Review Committee for International Games
  • Executive board, Boy Scouts of America local chapter 
  • Executive board, American Heart Association local chapter
  • Inductee, International Lawn Tennis Clubs of the
    United States & Mexico
  • Chairman, Crime Prevention & Law Enforcement Committee, National Jaycees

 

Political Involvement Highlights

  • 2008 El Paso County Republican-of-the-Year
  • Colorado Republican Party Executive Committee
  • Chairman, Colorado 5th Congressional District
  • 5th Congressional District Representative to Colorado State Executive Committee
  • Member, Colorado Election Reform Commission
  • Republican National Conventions, Delegate
    (2008, 1972)
  • Treasurer, Florida Federation of Young Republicans
  • Finance Committee, Young Republican National Federation
  • Supported over 75 local, state, and national Republican campaigns
  • Lifelong Republican Party member and voter

 Contact Bob Balink:

 719-439-4545

 bobbalink@gmail.com

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