Katherine Archuleta began her career as a schoolteacher in Denver Public Schools and worked as a senior leader in local government for Denver Mayors Federico Peña and John Hickenlooper. She worked for the Departments of Transportation and Energy in the Clinton administration and was Chief of Staff to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis during the first two years of the Obama Administration. Katherine joined the Obama 2012 campaign as its National Political Director. She was appointed by President Barack Obama to be the first Latina to lead the US Office of Personnel Management in 2013. She is a founding mother of Mi Casa Resource Center, The Latina Initiative and The Women’s Foundation of Colorado. Katherine currently sits on the boards of the Denver Urban Renewal Authority, Conservation Colorado, and Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Action Fund and is an engaged member of Rose Community Foundation’s Policy & Advocacy Committee. She was selected as a 2020 inductee into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame.