David Rivera currently serves on the Colorado Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform.  The Commission is charged with presenting recommendations for comprehensive health care reform to the Colorado General Assembly in November 2007.

In April 2005, Rivera was appointed by Governor Bill Owens and subsequently confirmed by the Colorado State Senate to be the state's Commissioner of Insurance.  As Commissioner he headed the Division of Insurance, which licenses approximately 1,500 foreign and domestic insurance entities, monitors their financial solvency and market conduct activities, licenses 110,000 insurance agents, and responds to 60,000 consumer inquiries annually, including 7,500 formal complaints.

Rivera was part of the Owens' administration since August 2001. In his position as Senior Policy Advisor, he developed and helped implement the Governor's agenda on health care, auto insurance and higher education policy issues.

Prior to serving in the Owens' administration, Rivera was the manager of advocacy for the American Heart Association in Colorado.

Rivera spent the first seven years of his professional life working on actuarial issues in Washington D.C. He was responsible for coordinating retirement income policy issues for the American Academy of Actuaries, a 14,000-member professional association.

Rivera is a graduate of the University of Colorado with a degree in International Affairs. He also studied at Saint Louis University of Madrid.