FLIPPABLE: Karl Hanlon for CO-SD08
Karl Hanlon grew up in a ranching family in Jackson County raising cattle. Karl’s parents were children of the Great Depression who came of age fighting in WWII and working in factories. They raised their children to value hard work taught and the value of good education.
As a first-generation college student in his family, Karl received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wyoming. Karl then spent four years as a seasonal park ranger for the Colorado Division of Parks. Karl earned a law degree with an environmental certificate from the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. He returned to Colorado to practice water law on the West Slope.
Karl is currently the city attorney for Glenwood Springs, the town attorney for Silverthorne and is a partner at the firm Karp Neu Hanlon, P.C. His water law experience includes representing Glenwood Springs and Rifle in the negotiation of the Colorado River Cooperative Agreement.
Karl is also a husband and a father of four living on a small ranch in Carbondale. There, he and his wife Sheryl founded Smiling Goat Ranch, a nonprofit that brings children with autism and veterans with PTSD to interact with horses and other animals. He’s on the board of Aspen Public Radio, coaches CrossFit, and is an avid motorcyclist and skier.
https://karlhanlon.com/