Overview

Van Ostern submitted the following background: "Colin is a New Hampshire dad, a business leader who has helped some of New Hampshire’s most innovative companies grow, and a former two-term state Executive Councilor, where he twice led the successful fight to restore Planned Parenthood funding in NH and was named the state’s Champion for Choice for this work. He stood up for workers and consumers against powerful interests to help bring an end to the Fairpoint labor strike, he is a leader in the fight for voting rights, and he successfully helped bring the Affordable Care Act to New Hampshire and extend Medicaid to cover over 50,000 NH families, with no state sales or income tax. 

"In the private sector, Colin has worked as a business manager and executive at some of NH’s most innovative companies – including Stonyfield Yogurt, technology investor Alumni Ventures, and Southern New Hampshire University, where he helped launch a new, nonprofit online college that slashed higher ed costs and enabled thousands of working adults to earn a college degree, over 70% with absolutely zero student debt."