ColoradoBiz informs and educates the region's business professionals about the issues, people, businesses, and management trends at the forefront of influencing economic conditions in Colorado and western US.http://www.cobizmag.com Since 2002, the Circle of Latina Leadership has been training emerging Hispanic leaders and now counts more than 100 alumni. The nine-month program, now managed by the Hispanic Chamber Education Foundation, provides 100 hours of leadership training, including two weekend seminars, Saturday programs and a number of evening sessions. By ColoradoBiz staff http://www.cobizmag.com/rss_tracking.asp?url=articles.asp-2153-Magazine Articles Lisa Schomp has the spacious corner office of Ralph Schomp Automotive and is the leader of the perennially No. 1 ranked ColoradoBiz woman-owned business. But Schomp still sports casual shoes today — brown work boots covered with dust from the construction site of her new 70,000-square-foot BMW showroom in Douglas County. By Jennie Dorris http://www.cobizmag.com/rss_tracking.asp?url=articles.asp-2152-Magazine Articles When Roxane White took over the Denver Department of Human Services in 2003, she faced a growing homeless population, a huge backlog of food stamp requests, an underappreciated workforce and orders to lay off 25 percent of her staff. By Graham Foley http://www.cobizmag.com/rss_tracking.asp?url=articles.asp-2151-Magazine Articles A Denver caterer ran up to Elbra Wedgeworth recently with tears in her eyes. Wedgeworth wondered what was troubling her. After a lifetime in public service she's used to people approaching her with problems. By Lynn Bronikowski http://www.cobizmag.com/rss_tracking.asp?url=articles.asp-2150-Magazine Articles Thirteen years ago, Alicia Cuaron took stock of her life. She was a successful professional in her mid-fifties with a doctorate in education, a respected leader in Denver's business and Latino communities and the heart of a network of friends and colleagues. By Rebecca Cole http://www.cobizmag.com/rss_tracking.asp?url=articles.asp-2149-Magazine Articles BEYOND A PEANUT FLASHCARDS A frightening incident in 2004 led Dina Clifford to start her company. As the mother of two children with severe peanut allergies, her young son's "accidental bite" of a peanut-butter sandwich led to a doctor's visit and a realization for Clifford and her husband: "We were completely ignorant of peanut allergies. By Eric Peterson http://www.cobizmag.com/rss_tracking.asp?url=articles.asp-2145-Magazine Articles Somewhere in America, there's a price-reduced house for sale. Somewhere in this great land of ours there's a mortgage crisis, a credit crisis, a looming recession. Somewhere there's a real estate agent soberly assessing his or her frail, flailing, failing career. By David Lewis http://www.cobizmag.com/rss_tracking.asp?url=articles.asp-2144-Magazine Articles Company: VideoBloom Inc. Where: Greenwood Village Founded: Q4 2006 www.videobloom.com</a> INITIAL LIGHT BULB The serial entrepreneur behind VideoBloom doesn't stay in one place for too long. By Eric Peterson http://www.cobizmag.com/rss_tracking.asp?url=articles.asp-2143-Magazine Articles Telecommunications and humanity have hooked up in an initiative to help the homeless find jobs and get off the streets. Colorado Community Voicemail, founded in 2004, is a critical element of Mayor John Hickenlooper's Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. By Corinne Brown http://www.cobizmag.com/rss_tracking.asp?url=articles.asp-2142-Magazine Articles When Melanie Braidich arrived in Denver from Southern California as president of Verizon Wireless' Mountain Region in January 2007, she thought about her personal brand — how she'd introduce herself to the 1,100 employees in the five-state region to give them a glimpse of who she is. By Lynn Bronikowski http://www.cobizmag.com/rss_tracking.asp?url=articles.asp-2141-Magazine Articles The 432-acre Louisville property that ConocoPhillips bought in February for $58.5 million will be a catalyst for the fuel giant to supply energy in different forms, a company executive says. Steven R. By Rebecca Cole http://www.cobizmag.com/rss_tracking.asp?url=articles.asp-2140-Magazine Articles Gypsum airport is the state's third busiest, thanks to tourists bound for ski resorts You know of DIA, of course, but have you heard of CIA — as in Colorado International Airport? That's the name proposed by a consultant who was asked how the airport that is currently the state's third busiest could be better branded. By Allen Best http://www.cobizmag.com/rss_tracking.asp?url=articles.asp-2139-Magazine Articles A 55-acre industrial park under development in Grand Junction is helping the community meet demand for property by manufacturers and similar firms. Bookcliff Technology Park, situated on the northern edge of the city less than a mile from Grand Junction Regional Airport, already has dissuaded one manufacturer from leaving and is expected to be the next home of the Western Slope's largest newspaper. By Bob Kretschman, Western Slope correspondent http://www.cobizmag.com/rss_tracking.asp?url=articles.asp-2138-Magazine Articles Because of Heidi McLean, people who work on movies can be sure they'll get paid, and people who get voted off reality television shows know there will be a camera crew waiting for them at home. By Nora Caley http://www.cobizmag.com/rss_tracking.asp?url=articles.asp-2131-Magazine Articles