Luna Checho Gonzalez

Budget and Policy Analyst @State of Colorado

Denver, CO, US

Facilitating Governor Polis’ priorities by overseeing the Department of Public Saftey budget analysis and recommendations • Leverage OSPB’s existing relationships and institutional knowledge to facilitate internal budget processes by analyzing 17 Budget requests, 4 NPs, 3 BAs, & 5 Supplementals resulting in deepening technical budget mechanism knowledge. • Cash funds, Enterprising, Fee Increases, and Appeals- Colorful collaborative opportunities with CDPS have and continue to present when engaging in CBI retesting, DFPC CF waivers, DTRS Transfer, Migrant Funding, ect. • Multi-year deliverables and decisions have been made from day one, working to recommend and implement long term solutions by leveraging short term fixes; un-initiated transfers, contract timelines, OSS, DFPC regional branding, ect. •Fostered strong relationships with Policy, JBC, Ops, and Liaison counterparts, collaborated closely with CSP and JBC counterparts leading to increased OSPB impact on fiscal policy as they navigated changes in legislative tenure and expertise

University of Denver - Josef Korbel School of International Studies

Masters

University of Denver

Bachelor of Arts - BA