The Denver Business Journal reported that Governor-Elect Bill Ritter recently announced that Rico Munn was his appointment as the Executive Director for the Department of Regulator Agencies in Colorado. Mr. Munn takes over as the head of DORA at a time when the Division of Real Estate is in the middle of a Sunset review. You can view the DBJ article by following this link;

                http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2007/01/01/daily9.html

This appointment may have influence over education and licensure matters in Colorado for Real Estate brokers, Appraisers and Mortgage Brokers, who were required to register for the first time this January 1st in Colorado.

Mr. Munn is currently on the State Board of Education elected out of the 1st Congressional District, is a trial lawyer and a partner with the law firm of Baker and Hostetler. He will resign is position on the Board of Education at its next meeting, according to article in the DBJ.

DORA also oversees the Divisions of Banking, Insurance, Civil Rights and Securities among others.