Joshua Sharf, Red County Contributor

A Coloradoan for over a decade, Mr. Sharf grew up in northern Virginia, graduating high school in 1983 with the International Baccalaureate. He attended the University of Virginia, where he graduated in 1987 with a Bachelors of Science in a dual major of Physics and Mathematics. While at the University, he was elected Treasurer and President of the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, and was a member of Sigma Pi Sigma, the national Physics Honor Society.

After graduation, Mr. Sharf returned to northern Virginia, where he took up a career in defense and intelligence consulting, working on such projects as satellite systems and missile defense.

Eventually, he turned to a career in web development, and in 1997 he turned west, arriving in Denver in March of that year. He attended the University of Denver as a Daniels Scholar and graduated in 2005 with an MBA as well as a Masters of Science in Finance, and has since passed the NYSE Series 7, 86, and 88, and the Chartered Financial Analyst Exam, Level I.

Mr. Sharf just completed a run for the Colorado House of Representatives, winning his primary by 71% - 29% after petitioning onto the ballot. Mr. Sharf was selected as a delegate to the 2006 Colorado Republican state assembly. He also served as an election judge in 2004 and 2005.

He currently co-hosts Backbone Radio with former State Senator John Andrews on KNUS-710, and has held down a spot on the Denver Post's PoliticsWest.com Gang of Four Blog. This is in addition to his own blogging at View From a Height, and at Brent Bozell's Newsbusters. He is a graduate of the 2006 class of the Leadership Program of the Rockies.

Mr. Sharf holds a Private Pilot's license, and is a talented amateur photographer. He is a founding member of the DAT Minyan, and an active member of Americans Against Terrorism. He currently represents the Denver Academy of Torah on the Jewish Community Relations Council, and is proud to have been selected as a member of the honorary Tribute Board for the Yeshiva Toras Chaim annual dinner.

His parents, sister and brother-in-law, Ellen & Steve, currently live in Atlanta, and he is the proud uncle of Jamie and Daniel (and will brag about them on demand). He has travelled Colorado extensively with his gigantic black labrador retriever, Sage.

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