Don just completed twelve distinguished years in the Colorado General Assembly, four years in the House of Representatives and eight years in the Senate. Nationally, Ament chaired the American Legislative Exchange Council's Task Force on Agriculture, and is considered an expert in areas of water and property rights. Ament served five years on the State Board of Education, four of them as chairman. He also served fourteen years on the RE-1 Valley School Board in Sterling, Colorado, and is a former president of the Colorado Association of School Boards.
Ament is a farmer and rancher in Northeast Colorado.
He and his wife, Patty, have three grown children.