Colorado Senate President Peter Groff is the Obama administration’s choice to be the director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Center, Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced Friday afternoon.

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Groff, 45, made history when he was elected the first African American to lead the Colorado Senate in 2007. First elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2000, Groff won re-election and eventually was appointed to his northeast Denver Senate District 33 seat in 2003.

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