ARAPAHOE RESPONSIBLE ENERGY ADVOCATES: GAS DRILLING & FRACKING PROGRAMS

Polly Page was born and raised in West Virginia and came to Colorado more than 43 years ago.

She's always been involved in the community and state – both publicly and politically. She's served on and chaired many Boards and Commissions. In 1987 Polly was elected to Aurora City Council and as Arapahoe County Commissioner in 1994, and appointed by Governor Owens to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission in 2000.

In 1974, Polly started a business that concentrated on diesel repair in the oil field and to the Climax mine. She is currently the co-chair of Arapahoe Responsible Energy Development (AREA).

With a strong interest in economics, politics and energy development, Erik Sandstrom has served as the Director of Arapahoe Responsible Energy Advocates since September, 2014.  Prior to that he spent more than three years with the Aurora Economic Development Council and Accelerate Colorado as the Government and Business Relations Manager.  In this role Erik was involved with public policy issues at the municipal, state and federal levels; strategic communication and marketing; membership development; and business retention.  Within public policy, Erik has experience creating, drafting, and building broad support for original legislation, as well as experience lobbying on behalf of a number of other bills and issues. 

Erik graduated from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, as well as Minors in Political Science and Spanish.