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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Ruth Noemí Colón |
| Address |
White Plains, New York , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
November 21, 1958
(65 years)
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| Contributor | nystate63 |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Apr 03, 2024 10:23pm |
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| Info | Ruth Noemí Colón is Acting Secretary of State, having been appointed by Governor David Paterson on Sept. 1, 2010.
Colón joined the Department of State in 2007 and has served in a number of positions within the agency, most recently as Special Counsel, where she advised Secretary of State Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez on strategic planning and a wide range of policy and legal issues.
During her tenure at DOS, Colón has supervised the Administrative Law Judge Unit, and now as Acting Secretary of State will serve as the final arbitrator of decisions pertaining to licensing disputes involving the agency’s thousands of licensees. She has managed the agency appointment processes, in which she identified vacancies and candidates for all boards and commissions, including the NYS Real Estate Board, the Committee on Open Government and the Amistad Commission. She has also served as Executive Director of the New York State Athletic Commission and Director of Public Affairs.
A graduate of the University of Puerto Rico and the Pace Law School, Ms. Colón has more than 20 years experience working in government on policy and communications issues. Prior to joining the Department of State, Colón served as the Deputy Director for Communications at the New York City Housing Authority and acted as a liaison to the New York City Mayor’s Office on issues concerning the Latino community. She has also served in a number of senior positions within the Puerto Rican government and has been admitted to practice law in New York, Connecticut and Washington, D.C..
A resident of White Plains, Ms. Colón is a member of the Westchester Women’s Bar Association and serves on the board of the Puerto Rican Bar Association. In 2008 she was named one of 50 Outstanding Latinas in New York by El Diario-La Prensa – the city’s largest and oldest Spanish-language newspaper.
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