The Colorado State Fair is in good hands with former General Manager Chris Wiseman at the helm on an interim basis until a new permanent replacement is found for Sarah Cummings, who resigned to take a position in California.

Wiseman’s roots in Pueblo make him a good choice to apply his ample State Fair experience to filling in and, we trust, continuing to build on the positive momentum over the past several years.

“We are working through the hiring process but until the position is filled, the Colorado State Fair staff needs leadership and there’s work already underway for the summer rental season and preparations for the 2018 Colorado State Fair,” said Commissioner of Agriculture Don Brown. Wiseman had been the Fair manager prior to Cummings until Brown lifted him out of Pueblo to become deputy commissioner of agriculture. Wiseman recently retired from that Denver-based position.

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