[6] Summers earned a master's degree in nonprofit management from Regis University in 2005 and served as the executive director of Teen Challenge of the Rocky Mountains from 2006 to 2013.

He has also served on the board of Arapahoe Credit Union in Littleton, Colorado[5] Summers is married; he and his wife, Debbie have two children: Christian and Stephanie.

In 2013, within a month after moving to Fort Collins, Colorado, Summers was hospitalized with a life-threatening case of West Nile Virus.

[11] Summers sponsored a resolution declaring Colorado Charter Schools Week in April 2007,[12] and unsuccessful legislation to allow individuals to deduct out-of-pocket medical expenses from taxable income.

[18] He has also introduced bills to create performance incentives for public school teachers,[19] and to facilitate the continuation of specialized license plates for state colleges.

[23] Shortly before the beginning of the session, Summers was also named to an ethics panel charged with investigating allegations of vote-buying on the part of Rep. David Balmer in a house leadership election.

[24] Summers plans to sponsor legislation to provide tax credits to investors in startup companies that stem from university research projects.

[28] Summers sponsored an overhaul of the state's food stamp system, now known as SNAP with centrist Jefferson County Democrat Sara Gagliardi.

[30] Though the original bill proved expensive in light of the state's dire economic forecast, subsequent amendments brought costs under control while still preserving the core of the measure.