Walker Stapleton traded companies, until assuming office in 2011. Stapleton was a 2014 Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow. Walker Stapleton Walker Stapleton (born April 15, 1974) is an American politician who is serving his second term as Colorado's State Treasurer. He was elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Stapleton was the Republican nominee for the 2018 Colorado gubernatorial election, which he lost to Democrat Jared Polis. Stapleton's family has been active in Colorado since the early 1900s. Walker was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, attending the private Brunswick School. He graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts, and
Kilimanjaro International Airport at doubling its capacity from the current 600,000 passengers to 1.2 million annually. The renovation work is being done by BAM International, at a cost of US$39.7 million. Renovations are expected to last until May 2017. BAM International is a subsidiary of the Royal BAM Group in the Netherlands. Kilimanjaro Airport opened on 2 December 1971 and cost US$13 million to build. The construction was financed by a long term loan from the Italian government. In 1998, it became the first international airport in Africa to be privatised and is operated by the Kilimanjaro Airport Development Company. The airport facilitates