Commissioner Ana Temu Otting
Ana Temu Otting
Commissioner
Broomfield, Colorado
Congressional District 7
Appointed July 2, 2023
Term Ends July 1, 2028
Ana Temu Otting is a political campaign strategist, community activist, and lover of life. Commissioner Otting works at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Colorado as the immigration campaign coordinator. She leads the Know Your Rights education program, and is involved in community organizing, policy research, and passage of pro-immigrant legislation at the state and local level.
Commissioner Otting started her activism in 2009 through Reform Immigration for America, a campaign to educate, mobilize and organize people to pass comprehensive immigration reform and the DREAM Act. Since then, she has helped research, create, and pass several pro-immigrant bills in the state.
She has worked on several campaigns through the years, including Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign and Gov. Jared Polis’ gubernatorial campaign. Commissioner Otting specializes in creating sophisticated and coordinated communications and field programs that are community-centered, robust, targeted, and metrics-driven. Through the years, she has helped build voter outreach and turnout programs for immigrant and Latinx communities across the state, consistently increasing turnout every year.
She is currently on the Colorado Blue Flower Small Donor Committee as co-president, helping elect pro-choice Democratic women to local and state offices. In addition, she serves as president of the Colorado Peoples Action board, where she aids the organization in reaching its goals in its racial, economic, and immigrant justice campaigns. Commissioner Otting is a student at Metropolitan State University of Denver, finalizing her political science and anthropology degrees.
She loves spending time with her son David, going on walks with her dog, Ollie, and salsa dancing in the kitchen with her husband, Seth. Her mission in life is to bring prosperity, opportunity, and liberation to everyone in the U.S., one venture at a time.
Commissioner Temu Otting was appointed by Gov. Polis in July 2021 to serve through July 1, 2025 as a Democratic resident from the 2nd Congressional District.