Colin Van Ostern
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| Member of the New Hampshire Executive Council from the 2nd district |
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In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel St. Hilaire |
| Succeeded by | Andru Volinsky |
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Kevin Colin O’Loughlin February 14, 1979 Carlsbad, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education |
George Washington University (BA) Dartmouth College (MBA) |
| Website | Official website |
Colin Van Ostern O'Loughlin (born Kevin Colin O’Loughlin; February 14, 1979), known publicly as Colin Van Ostern, is an American businessman and politician serving on the New Hampshire Executive Council, where he has represented the people of 49 towns and cities within District 2 since being first elected in 2012. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Hampshire in 2016.
Van Ostern was born in Carlsbad, California, and moved repeatedly as a young child, arriving in New Hampshire in 2001 in his early twenties. He attended high school at Maggie Walker Governor's School for Government and International Stuidies in Richmond, Virginia, and college in Washington, DC at George Washington University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2000 in International Relations. He received an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire in 2009.
Van Ostern currently works as Chief Marketing Officer at College for America at Southern New Hampshire University, a nonprofit school focused on providing a college education to individuals within the work force interested in furthering their education. College for America works directly with students’ employers to ensure that each student can gain their education while continuing their career, usually with little or no debt. Van Ostern joined the school shortly before its launch in 2013.
Previously, he was a business manager at Stonyfield, Inc., where he managed various brands and business lines for the world’s largest organic yogurt maker.
In 2004, he founded a business-consulting firm called Washington Street Consulting. As the principal of his consulting firm, Van Ostern advised over 30 nonprofits and small businesses. He has also served as a senior advisor to various elected officials including U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster, and before moving to New Hampshire in 2001.
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