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Emma Pinter
City Councillor
Westminster, Colorado
Emma Pinter was elected to Westminster City Council in November 2013.
Pinter is currently Head Mom for Colorado Moms Know Best, a network
of parents committed to clean air and healthy kids. She also serves as
the board chair of the Adams County Youth Initiative, a member of the
advisory council of Mile High Connects, a mock trial committee member
of the Colorado Bar Association, and a member of the Westminster
Chamber of Commerce. She is currently the Westminster City Council liaison to the Inclusivity Task
Force; the Colorado Municipal League, Policy Committee; and the Special Permit and License Board.
Previously, she served on the Westminster Board of Building Code Appeals and as the president of
Westminster MOMS Club. She is a graduate of the Westminster Citizen Fire Academy.
Alex Pratt
School Committee Member
Littleton, Massachusetts
Andrés Quintero
Governing Board Member
San Jose, California
Andrés Quintero is a lifelong resident of East San Jose, attending various
east side schools and graduated from Mount Pleasant High School. After
graduating from Evergreen Valley College, Quintero transferred to San
Jose State University, where he earned a B.A. in political science and an
M.P.A. Quintero began his career in public policy working for then San
Jose Councilmember Forrest Williams and for the Santa Clara County
Board of Supervisors. Quintero served as district director for the California State Assembly, teaches
Political Science, and serves as a representative on the executive board of AFT Local 6157. He
also serves as chair of the San Jose International Airport Commission and as treasurer of Latino
Leadership Alliance. He is a member of the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District (ARUSD),
Governing Board. Quintero resides in East San Jose with his wife and two children.
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Alex Pratt was elected to the Littleton School Committee in May 2013.
He is a student at Northeastern University and a teaching assistant at
the Harvard University Extension School. Committee Member Pratt
serves as the co-chair of the pursuit of excellence task force and as the
school committee representative to the permanent municipal building
committee. He has testified before the legislature’s joint committee on
education, on bills impacting students’ well-being and performance, and he has published articles
on education policy in the Littleton Independent, the Lowell Sun, and the Boston Globe. While in
high school, Pratt advised the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on issues
relating to Littleton-area public schools. He is currently studying sociology and economics at
Northeastern University in Boston. @alexdpratt
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