Martha Weidmann's mission to support local art communities
Led by CEO and co-founder Weidmann, NINE dot ARTS aims to advocate for equitable art opportunities in industries like hospitality, corporate and mixed-use developments.
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Ashley Williams is dedicated to elevating rural health care
Innova Emergency Medical Associates now provides emergency department physician staffing to 10 hospitals and organizations in five states.
Denver Sports Commission leader hopes to bring the 2026 World Cup home
The executive director of the Denver Sports Commission is determined to bring to Denver’s Empower Field at Mile High five or six World Cup games, along with the economic outpouring and international acclaim that ride along with them.
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.
The Woman to Watch of TitanCEO
TitanCEO brings CEOs together through private events and roundtables in addition to private, instructor-led peer groups for TitanCEO members.
The Women to Watch of PNC Bank
Katherine Clark and Marissa Martinez work with CEOs, human resource and benefit directors across Colorado to develop an employee financial wellness program, providing tools, resources and products to meet employees' financial needs.
The Women to Watch of Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP
Equality and inclusion is a significant priority for the firm. In an industry where we tend to see more men around the table than women, we strive to empower this incredible class of female associates as they continue their legal practice.
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.
Entrepreneur of 2021: Matanya Horowitz
The U.S. recycles just 33% of its waste. That creates greenhouse gases from extraction of virgin materials as well as emissions from landfills. Matanya Horowitz, founder and CEO of AMP Robotics in Louisville, aims to change that with robots.
Timeri Tolnay's online marketplace for educational programs
An 18-year career as an educator showed Timeri Tolnay the pain points of curriculum adoption firsthand. She founded EdCuration in 2018 to solve the problem and launched an online marketplace for educational programs the next year.
Robin McIntosh's goal to democratize access to addiction treatment
McIntosh and co-founder Lisa McLaughlin set out to create an online platform that would bring users in recovery for addiction and substance abuse "the best treatment in the world," McIntosh says.
An entrepreneur's idea of providing GPS mapping services to developing countries
Aaron Young started Kaart in 2006 with the idea of providing GPS mapping services to developing countries. A pivot to software development and professional service sparked a growth spurt about a decade ago. The company now has 160 employees, including 100 at the Grand Junction headquarters.
Joni Klippert's career of "building software for software engineers"
"The way we build software and procure software has to change," says the 38-year-old Klippert. "The code is changing so fast and so often, the idea that a third party who hasn't seen the code before could actually fix it was no longer true." StackHawk takes a different approach. "We help software engineers find and fix application and security bugs before they deploy to production,” Klippert says.
Summit Biolabs' saliva-based testing helped develop notably accurate COVID-19 tests
Summit Biolabs emerged from CU’s SPARK Program that aims to commercialize research at the Anschutz campus. While Summit’s COVID-19 tests have been widely used, Lu is again focused on cancer.
For Chris Motley, it's all about mentorship
Motley’s mission with Mentor Spaces is to “scale mentorship for underrepresented communities.” Now 15 employees, Mentor Spaces counts SAP, Omnicom Media Group, GM Financial and TIAA among its clients.
Meet the pioneer in automated yard operations in logistics hubs
Hall and CEO Andrew Smith connected with "a well-pedigreed group of senior robotics engineers" in Colorado and decided to launch the company from Golden. Now 140 employees, Outrider has landed nine Fortune 500 customers since it emerged from stealth mode in February 2020, including Georgia-Pacific, and has closed on $118 million in funding to date.
The Women to Watch of Polsinelli
The pursuit and promotion of diversity and inclusion are core Polsinelli values, and this includes the support, development and advancement of women to the highest levels of the firm.
The Women to Watch of InBank
From sales and support to strategy, capital efforts and culture, the influence of these women in their respective roles is contributing to a more diverse, inclusive and innovative workplace and to InBank’s mission of positively impacting the lives of its customers, communities and associates.
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.
Joe Goorman works hard and gives back
Since starting Commercial Concepts by American Furniture Warehouse five years ago, Goorman has built a successful portfolio of over $40 million in project sales and has won ColoradoBiz’s “Best of Colorado” office furniture dealer three years running. His dedication to community service is a result of his mission to give back.
Margaret Selzer's vision transforms living spaces
Selzer’s full-service interior design firm specializes in resorts, vacation destinations and challenging projects in mountain locations like Snowmass, Telluride and Vail, as well as Big Sky, Montana, and Lake Tahoe, California. In the past three years alone, RIVER+LIME has seen 30% year-over-year revenue growth.
Jordan Deifik's coworking space and mentoring program for Colorado attorneys
As the co-founder of LawBank, the largest and first-ever coworking space for attorneys in Colorado, Deifik has brought together more than 115 lawyers from diverse backgrounds and experience. LawBank initiated and created the first-ever Mentoring Circle group for solo and small law firm attorneys through the Colorado Attorney Mentoring Program supported by the Colorado Supreme Court.
