Biography
D. Rico Munn serves as the Executive Vice Chancellor of the Colorado State University System. Prior to assuming his current role, Munn served as Chief of Staff to the President, VP for Metro Denver Engagement and Strategy, and as Interim President for CSU Pueblo. On July 1, 2027 he will succeed Chancellor Frank and become CSU’s fourth full time Chancellor.
From 2013 to 2022, Munn served as the 16th Superintendent of Aurora Public Schools. In 2019 he was named Colorado’s ‘Superintendent of the Year’.
Before his career in public education and higher education administration, Munn was a commercial litigation partner at a national law firm. He also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, teaching trial practice. Munn held two Cabinet-level positions for Governor Bill Ritter: Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education, and Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), where he served as Colorado’s chief regulatory officer.
Munn earned his undergraduate degree in Secondary Education from Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska. He earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where he had the honor of being named a Chancellor’s Scholar for his commitment to public service.
Throughout his career Munn has been active in Colorado’s civic and nonprofit communities. He helped found several nonprofits and he continues to serve on numerous nonprofit and civic boards.
Munn grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado, having moved there in the fifth grade from Altoona, Pennsylvania, where he was born. He is married to Kay Munn and they are the parents of two children, Asha and Nyjah.
