The Face of Equestrian Real Estate
Suzy has been proudly serving the equestrian community for more than 35 years and is the expert and the go-to realtor in Douglas and Elbert counties.
Business Leaders
The Face of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
With a long-standing commitment to supporting our local communities and organizations dedicated to championing diversity and fostering inclusion, Comcast announced a $100 million commitment to advance social justice and equality, putting the full weight of its resources towards driving meaningful impact.
The Face of Historic Fine Dining
Tesoro leads school and adult tours, hosts annual Indian and Spanish markets, holiday cultural events, and a historic lecture series.
The Faces of Banking for Good
FirstBank bolsters businesses and communities through inclusion. In the end, FirstBank provided $1.4 billion in PPP loans to 14,000 businesses, and saved approximately 110,000 jobs.
Attorney’s move to Colorado spurred by ’96 Olympic Dream Team III role
Eric Nesbitt is a real estate attorney as well as a commercial real estate broker and past president of the Denver Metro Commercial Association of Realtors. His 30-year career has been as wide-ranging as those dual professional pursuits would suggest.
Meet Studio Shed's Jeremy Nova
Studio Shed is a great example of a Colorado business started not on purpose, but as an outcome of necessity. One persons problem and inability to find a solution on the market turned personally created solution. Jeremy Nova, a professional bike racer and Olympic athlete, needed a way to store his many mountain bikes. His answer to the question of how, is what we now know as the thriving Studio Shed.
Good Company: Thomas Sandgaard, founder of Zynex
Sandgaard built a billion-dollar company that engineers, manufactures and sells its own suite of medical devices and offers electrotherapy solutions for pain management, helping people avoid and get off addictive pain-killing drugs.
Helen Young Hayes named CTA talent champion of the year
Hayes, who founded Activate Workforce Solutions to create onramps to economic success, was recognized for supporting Colorado’s technology workforce.
Long-time listener
A fan of Denver's AM 950 "The Fan" after college, Sharan vowed to work for a radio station. Now, Sharan’s KKFN is a polished aural blend of host conversation, guest interviews, colorful audio clips and the occasional watershed moment.
How to find fulfillment beyond work
Corporate consultant John Garrett quit his day job as a CPA to pursue stand-up comedy. After a decade-long entertainment career, he’s back in the corporate world, helping companies reach their potential by encouraging employees to seek fulfillment beyond work.
The 2020 CEO of the Year: Kurt Culbertson
Kurt Culbertson's lifelong appreciation for the outdoors continues at Design Workshop, a 130-employee landscape architecture firm that has made its mark on mountain resorts throughout Colorado and urban projects across the country. Get to know Culbertson and nine CEO of the Year finalists.
Kelly Perkins' quest to create clean skin care
Spinster Sisters gained a fast following with its lines of natural soaps with ingredients like lavender, pomegranate and oatmeal, and expanded into moisturizers, bath bombs and other products made at the company's "Microsoapery" in Golden. After a solid 2019, sales are up 70% in 2020 with a big uptick in hand sanitizer sales and the launch of a new mask spray.
Javier Alberto Soto and the Denver Foundation keep moving forward, even in tough times
After a flurry of grant-making, the foundation switched over to recovery mode, advocating for paid family leave, collaborating with Bonfils-Stanton Foundation on relief for artists and launching the Black Resilience in Colorado Fund to double down on racial equity. Soto and the Denver Foundation are committed to continued action in these tough times.
Lloyd Lewis' advocacy inspires employees and customers alike
One of his first moves as CEO was to start hiring people with disabilities. arc is now one of the largest integrated employees in Colorado: 350 of 1,400 employees have intellectual disabilities. The move contributed to a big growth spurt.
Mike Dudick's grand plans in Breckenridge
With 27,000 owners at four resorts and annual revenues north of $100 million, Breckenridge Grand Vacations is the largest year-round employer in Summit County, with a staff of 650, and a philanthropic anchor.
Kirsten Benefiel's historic role in the security industry
Benefiel's "road map" charts a course to grow beyond traditional manned security into adjacent value-added services. HSS is broadening its technology portfolio. One new product, Spotlight, helps secure medical devices.
George Stafford's venture into manufacturing satellites
Before the 2008 launch of Blue Canyon, Stafford and his co-founders thought the coming micro-satellite boom would be hampered by a lack of mass production. The company started making navigation and power systems, then began manufacturing entire satellites. Now, their new factory is projected to output about 20 satellites a month in the next two to three years.
Pat Craig and the largest animal sanctuary in the world
In 2018, The Wild Animal Sanctuary acquired 9,000 acres near Springfield in southeastern Colorado. The property allows for 100- to 300-acre habitats and about 80 animals. The preserve could ultimately house upwards of 1,000 animals.
Christoph Heinrich elevates the Denver Art Museum
Heinrich, 60, came to the Denver Art Museum as a curator of contemporary art in 2007 and stepped into the director role in 2010. He has since helped elevate the century-old institution by shepherding a number of gifts to the permanent collection.
Wanda James and the political voice of the cannabis industry
James worked on Gov. Jared Polis' Congressional campaign and President Barack Obama's finance committee in 2008. But it was her brother's 10-year prison sentence that led her to align her entrepreneurial and political inclinations. James morphed her political consulting career into another venture, the Cannabis Global Initiative, then moved into cannabis edibles and opened her second dispensary, Simply Pure, in 2015.
Denver’s soul food scholar cranks up the heat with ‘Black Smoke’
James Beard Award-winning food historian Adrian E. Miller built a career by breaking from convention … three careers, actually. Now he’s into his third career as an author and the nation’s premier soul food scholar. He’s also a certified barbecue judge who has lectured across the country on such topics as Black chefs, chicken and waffles, kosher soul food and soda pop. Adrian’s latest book covers the culinary contributions Black people have made to American barbecue.
How to make effective decisions for your business
In the midst of uncertain times we actually have the opportunity to make decisions that can result in a positive impact on business. To minimize the stress associated with decision making it’s important to create as much clarity around the decision at hand as possible.
No mountain is too high for Vail's COO
Beth Howard is an icon — and an anomaly. Starting as a college intern at Colorado’s Beaver Creek Resort, she has spent 35 years winding her way through management roles at Vail Resorts nationwide. We talked to her about committing to a career at one company, and more.
6 Questions with Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame Inductee Marianne Neifert
In each of her many titles, Marianne Neifert, MD, MTS, has dedicated herself to improving maternal-child health by doggedly providing education to health professionals, implementing model lactation services, helping re-establish breastfeeding as a community norm and advancing the nascent discipline of breastfeeding medicine.
