Jorge Toro

Background

Jorge Colberg Toro was born on October 7, 1965 in Río Piedras.

Education

Colberg Toro completed his elementary and high school at the University of Puerto Rico, where he also obtained his Bachelor"s degree in Political Science.

Career

He currently serves as the Secretary for Public Affairs of Governor Alejandro García Padilla. He also participated in a summer program on Political Science for public officials at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. From 1989 to 1996, Colberg Toro served as Special Aide, Director of Programming and Press Secretary of then-Mayor of San Juan, Héctor Luis Acevedo.

The next year, he was appointed as Press Secretary for the Popular Democratic Party.

He also worked as adviser in communications from 1997 to 2001. In 2001, Colberg was appointed Director of the Public Integrity Commission of the Senate of Puerto Rico, and Director of the Joint Commission on the Comptroller"s Special Reports.

That summer, Colberg also served as Public Affairs Adviser for Governor Sila M. Calderón. In November 2001, Calderón also appointed Colberg as Secretary General of the Plasma Physics Division. She also named him as Secretary of Public Affairs for the Government in 2002.

In January 2003, Colberg was called to fill a vacancy at the Puerto Rico House of Representatives.

He was sworn in February 26, 2003. During that term, he presided the Commission of Public Integrity, among others In 2003, Colberg Toro officially ran for Representative at the Plasma Physics Division primaries, and was the second candidate with most votes.

He was elected in 2004 as a Representative At-large with 134,334 votes.

Colberg was reelected again in 2008 and 2012. In January 9, 2013, Governor Alejandro García Padilla announced that Colberg would serve as Secretary of Public Affairs, thus relinquishing his seat in the House of Representatives.

His resignation was effective on January 26, 2013.

Achievements

• Because of his work, he received the Felisa Rincón de Gautier Award for distinguished public servant in 1995.

Membership

He served as a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from 2003 to 2013.