The Colorado Department of Agriculture and the Colorado State Fair Board of Authority announced that Andrea Wiesenmeyer has been selected as the new Colorado State Fair general manager.
Wiesenmeyer was chosen unanimously by the interview committee, which included members of the State Fair Board Governance Committee, representatives of the State Fair Foundation and Fiesta Day Committee, Commissioner of Agriculture Kate Greenberg and other senior level department staff.
Wiesenmeyer has almost a decade of leadership experience. For the past three years, she has served as the general manager of the Jerome County Fair and Rodeo in Idaho. She begins her duties Oct. 14. She replaces Scott Stoller, who led the state fair the past six years.