Ruth Wright spent fourteen years in the Colorado State Legislature, serving six years as House Minority Leader. Mrs. Wright also spent six years on the Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources Committee and was a leading advocate for clean water legislation. She was a member of the Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) Board of Trustees from 1993 to 1999 and chaired the Board of Trustees from 1998 to 1999. Ruth was instrumental in launching the GOCO legacy grant program that was critical in helping fund improvements along the South Platte River. She has been an active member of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District Board since 1994.
Ruth received her Ph.D. cum laude from Marquette University and spent several years working in Heidelberg, Germany, before joining Ken in Saudi Arabia. While raising two daughters, she continued her education, receiving her J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law. She and Ken recently received the President’s Award from the Colorado Foundation for Water Education.
Ruth’s interests include scuba diving, photography, archeaology and travel. Her love for rivers led her to participate in a 1,300-mile raft trip down the Danube River and travel from one end of the Nile to the other. Diving and underwater photography took her to Micronesia, Truk Lagoon, Ponape, Cozumel, Bonaire and the Red Sea. Her photographic talents have been applied to create Machu Picchu calenders, and The Machu Picchu Guidebook which was published in 2001.