Each year, the Leadership Foundation connects teams of Impact Denver participants to community organizations who need those engaged leaders to take on a project that will help the organization make a greater impact. For the first time, ID participants selected one project to receive a $3,000 contribution from the Leadership Foundation based off the outcomes of the projects. ACCESS Housing, which offers families facing [...]
Liz Gardner, Impact Denver (ID) Spring 2018 alum and customer community relations for Xcel Energy, was named the 2019 Outstanding Impact Denver Alumni this month. Gardner is an authentic leader who is passionate about her community, her work and her family. She truly exemplifies Colorado’s Civic DNA and rolling up her sleeves to strengthen our community. Get to know Gardner and how she’s continuing [...]
When we bring together people in our leadership programs, incredible things can happen. Not only do people make life-long connections and go deep on issues facing the community, but they channel that knowledge and network into actions that make the region stronger in the form of community impact projects taken on by Leadership Denver, Impact Denver and Leadership Exchange. Find out what they’ve all [...]
“The issues we get into on Colorado Experience … are Colorado issues to resolve,” said Steve Silvers, partner at SilversJacobson LLC and long-time Leadership Foundation alum. Silvers is no stranger to the opportunities offered at the Leadership Foundation. He first engaged in Leadership Denver in 1998 and is a past Leadership Foundation board member. As a board member, Silvers helped curate the first Colorado [...]
“I love the unexpected discoveries in our own backyard. Traveling Colorado and meeting with leaders across our state is an inspiring experience. You get to connect with the fabric of the community,” said Anthony Graves, director of regional affairs for the City and County of Denver and a Leadership Foundation board member. Colorado Experience (CE) allows alums like Graves to connect to different parts [...]
