Debbie Rose is also the owner-operator of the Beulah General Store for over 30 years. During that time, the business has been a successful employer in the Beulah area. She is presently serving on the San Isabel Board of Directors representing District 1 and serves as board secretary. She has attended numerous classes about leadership and the electric industry earning educational credit.

Rose and her husband Mike have three children. She and her husband have delivered mail in the Pueblo West community for 30 years through a postal contract. The initial contract covered the area from McCulloch Blvd. to Swallows Road.

Rose was elected to the Pueblo School District No. 70 Board of Education in 1997 and was re-elected in 2001, when she served as president. During her tenure, a national recognized program for at-risked students was developed, the district’s debt eliminated, and improvements were made to existing facilities plus new facilities were built to address safety and overcrowding issues. As a school board member, she developed leadership training which received a national award and was invited to Oxford, England to present the training.

In 2005, Rose was appointed by Governor Owens to Colorado Juvenile Parole Board with Governor Hickenlooper recently appointing her Chair of the board. She is a member of Pueblo West Rotary. Also, she serves as a consultant to the Colorado Department of Education, working with low performing schools. Rose has previously served on CSU Advisory Council, Gear Up Council, Pueblo Area Council of Government, and the Colorado Association of School Boards. At the state level, she has served as chairwomen of the Governor’s Child Care Advisory Committee and was an active member of the Colorado High School Activities Association. Rose has also served on the Sangre De Cristo Arts Center Board and a 4-H Leader.