2023 Celebration of Leadership Digital Program

For the past 10 year-plus, it has been my honor to stand in front of groups like this, and talk about global impact.

I’m referencing the collective global impact of the businesses we celebrate tonight, the economy they support, and the community that is their host.

At the Boulder Chamber, we talk about building community through business. That means our support of local business and our approach to economic vitality are aligned with values that strengthen our entire community.

With housing prices rising and commute transportation ever more important, the Boulder Chamber is advancing solutions –from successful advocacy for more compact affordable development to transportation solutions through the work of our own integrated transportation management organization – Boulder Transportation Connections. And that is also global impact worth celebrating!

With homelessness a national crisis, the

Boulder Chamber is stepping into the fold with thoughtful, comprehensive solutions to protect our public spaces, address criminal behavior, yet compassionately meet the needs of our unhoused population. We can all celebrate that vision!

It takes all of us - working collaboratively, thinking creatively, and collectively putting our shoulder to the wheel - to get the job done. The job done for our local community and for the world that stretches far beyond our borders.

Tonight we honor a few of the many outstanding individuals among us, along with the businesses and institutions they represent and demonstrate that we can and will be that model for solutions to the world’s greatest challenges.

... And that, is worth celebrating. Let’s have some fun tonight!

John Tayer President and CEO

About the Awards Tonight’s Program

Celebrating Boulder’s innovators, trailblazers and leaders.

Welcome

John Tayer, President and CEO, Boulder Chamber

Sponsor & Standing Strong Recognition

Scott Firle, Member Relations Director, Boulder Chamber

Scott Sternberg, Executive Director, Boulder Economic Council

Musical Performance

Acoustic Ambush

Award Ceremony Introduction by Presenting Sponsor

Gallagher Ring, Director, Commercial Banking, FNBO

Virginia Patterson

Business Leader of the Year

Danica Powell, Founder | Trestle Strategy

Rising Star Award

Perla Delgado, Ph.D, CEO and Executive Director

I Have a Dream Foundation of Boulder County

Innovative Business of the Year Award

Rook Capital

Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Lane Hornung

Founder | 8z Real Estate + zavvie

Franny Reich Lifetime Achievement Award

Philip DiStefano, Chancellor

University of Colorado Boulder Impact Award

Conscience Bay Company

Closing Remarks

John Tayer, President and CEO, Boulder Chamber

The Rising Star Award recognizes an up-and-coming individual who has had a significant positive impact on an industry, the local economy and/or the Boulder community. The sky is the limit for this future Boulder leader.

The Virginia Patterson Business Leader of the Year Award is presented to the person who exemplifies determination and commitment to build a strong local economy.

The Innovative Business of the Year Award recognizes a business / organization that

demonstrates the innovative spirit, creative problem solving, and pioneering approaches to organizational success and industry growth that exemplifies the character of Boulder’s business community.

The Franny Reich Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an outstanding individual for their legacy of exemplary business achievement and community impact.

The Impact Award recognizes an individual or local company that has made significant contributions

Entertainment

Acoustic Ambush

to advance their industry, environmental stewardship, and/or social sustainability within the Boulder County community.

Entrepreneur of the Year Award recognizes a top achiever who best exemplifies the spirit and mindset of entrepreneurship through vision, leadership and success.

View the list of past honorees at boulderchamber.com/ celebration-of-leadershippast-honorees

Acoustic Ambush, anchored down by Russ Grabski (guitar/vocals), Chris Alaimo (keys), and Jeff Lyons (drums, back-up vocals), resides in Boulder, Colorado and has been fortunate to play in hallowed music halls with well known musicians and dark alleys with homeless harmonica players. Rock, rap, blues, country, freestyle jams, jazz....we are music freaks who love it all. Previously known as Acoustic Ambush, you can find their live performance albums from the Boulder Theater and the Post on Spotify, itunes, and other platforms. Ambush currently plays regularly at the Saint Julien, Trident, and other local venues.

BLENDED IN BOULDER Since 1969

Entrepreneur of the Year Award

LANE HORNUNG • 8Z REAL ESTATE + ZAVVIE!

Mr. Hornung’s entrepreneurial career has been focused on real estate and technology. Lane was a founding executive of ZipRealty in San Francisco, which IPO’ed in 2001. in 2002, Lane returned to Boulder and launched the website COhomefinder.com.

In 2010, Lane founded 8z Real Estate. The 8z family of companies includes 8z Title, 8z Mortgage, and 8s Rentals. 8z was named Colorado’s #1 top workplace for mid-sized companies in 2017. In 2016, Lane founded the software company zavvie. zavvie is a national leader in the emerging space of alternative home buying and selling options. zavvie is backed by Second Century Ventures and Gea Capital.

Mr. Hornung grew up in Arvada. After receiving a Bachelor’s in Engineering from Stanford University, Mr. Hornung served in the US Marine Corps as an officer and aviator. Mr. Hornung returned to Colorado for his MBA from CU Boulder where he studied Entrepreneurism.

Mr. Hornung was named one of Colorado’s Most Admired CEOs in 2019 and the Distinguished Veteran of Boulder County in 2020. Mr. Hornung serves on the Boards of Directors for Greenhouse Scholars and for Salute Colorado, a non-profit he founded to help veterans transition to civilian life.

Be innovative. Be visionary. Be inspiring.

Congratulations to the

2023 Celebration of Leadership honorees

Danica Powell

Founder, Trestle Strategy

Perla Delgado

CEO and Executive Director,

I Have a Dream Foundation of Boulder County

Lane Hornung

Founder, 8z Real Estate + zavvie

Philip DiStefano

Chancellor, University of Colorado Boulder

We proudly partner with the leaders who drive our community forward.

Rook Capital

Innovative Business of the Year Conscious Bay Company Impact Award

Mr. Hornung has been married to his wife Carolyn for 29 years. They raised their children, Savannah, Gage and Melissa, in Boulder.

Rising Star Award

PERLA DELGADO, PH.D • I HAVE A DREAM FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY

Dr. Delgado is the daughter of Eduardo “Lalo” and Christina Delgado, small business owners who opened the first storefront – over 30 years ago- that catered to Latinx/o/a immigrants in Boulder. She is the younger sister of Mireya Sosa, one of the pioneers of coed Latina/x/o adult soccer leagues in Boulder, and the proud older sister of Betty Delgado, a middle school counselor -who on a daily basis commits her soul, love and expertise to our education systems. Dr. Delgado is an immigrant, a firstgeneration college graduate, and proud member of the 1% of Latinas who have a Ph.D.

© 2022 Celestial Seasonings, Inc.

Innovative Business of the Year Award

ROOK CAPITAL

Rook is a Fintech company focused relentlessly on helping families move into homes, helping homeowners easily access their stored equity, and connecting both with investors, who partner with them. We leverage the power of Decentralized Finance to bring the latest innovation to help solve the access and affordability problems in the US housing market.

Ed Messman, Rook Capital’s CEO

Ed Ed has 28 years experience working with venture capital and private equity backed startups. Ed spent his first 13 professional years in the venture capital industry working through two market “bubbles” (2000 and 2008) with hundreds of companies from startup to exit. He has spent the last 15 years as an entrepreneur and operator where he has been part of 5 startups, multiple rounds of institutional financings, and 3 exits in enterprise software, big data, and currently Proptech/Web3. Ed and his wife have lived in Boulder for 25 years where they have raised their 3 kids.

Impact Award

Conscience Bay Company is a Colorado-based real estate firm mission-driven by the urgency of climate change. Our portfolio is intentionally diverse, ranging from office, industrial and residential properties on the Front Range, to working farms and ranches along the Western Slope. We invest in properties and partnerships with the goal of cultivating healthy food, healthy places and healthy people. Through our long-term investments, hands-on management, scientific research, and grant-making activities, we take a holistic approach to reimagine agriculture and the built environment in a warming world.

Virginia Patterson Business Leader of the Year

DANICA PPOWELL | OWNER, FOUNDER, STRATEGIST, COMMUNITY BUILDER AT TRESTLE STRATEGY GROUP

Danica is the founder and owner of Trestle Strategy Group, a real estate strategy and planning firm specializing in custom, collaborative consulting for complex real estate development projects. Working as a consultant to developers, nonprofits, governmental agencies, schools and universities, Danica has a proven track record for directing and managing a diverse portfolio of projects. Her background in both the private and public sector, combined with a community focused mindset, provides a unique perspective for pursuing non formulaic approaches to design and urban planning challenges. As an advocate for affordable housing solutions and community focused outcomes, Danica has partnered with local municipalities to implement several post flood recovery and resilience based projects in Colorado

Franny Reich Lifetime Achievement Award

CATHERINE ALLEGRA • IHS MARKIT

Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano was appointed chancellor on May 5, 2009. He joined the university in 1974 as an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction in the School of Education.

Dr. DiStefano has seen the university from nearly every perspective as a parent, donor, professor, dean, provost and chancellor.

He earned his doctorate in humanities education from The Ohio State University.

As chancellor, Dr. DiStefano works closely with students, faculty, staff, alumni and donors as well as government, industry, business and community leaders in extending CU Boulder’s legacy as a preeminent national comprehensive research university. His strategic imperatives for the campus are to develop tomorrow’s leaders, be the top university for innovation and to positively impact humanity.

She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the I Have a Dream Foundation of Boulder County, Boulder Chamber and the Executive Committee for Sierra Club. She is raising her 2 kids + 2 dogs with her husband in Boulder, CO.

The chancellor serves as the Quigg and Virginia S. Newton Endowed Chair in Leadership, overseeing CU Boulder’s prestigious leadership programs. The program brings national and world leaders to campus to interact with students and advise them on leadership paths.

He serves on the Boulder Community Health Board of Directors and formerly served on the NCAA Board of Governors and NCAA Division I Board of Directors, among other local and national organizations.

DID YOU KNOW?

Boulder Transportation Connections (BTC), the local nonprofit Transportation Management Organization (TMO) focused on promoting transportation choices that are efficient and sustainable, has integrated into the .

2023 STANDING STRONG PARTNERS

Those who stand strong with the BOULDER CHAMBER receive attention and recognition reflective of their contributions towards the vibrancy of the Boulder business community.

Berg Hill Greenleaf and Ruscitti

Blue Federal Credit Union

Corden Pharma Colorado Inc

Elevations Credit Union

Altman Consulting LLC

Amazon

Ball Aerospace

BioMed Realty

BizWest

BOK Financial

Boulder Community Health

Boulder Medical Center

Celestial Seasonings

Cigna

Accenture

AGC Biologics

Alpine Bank

Avista Adventist Hospital

Bank of the West BDO

Boulder Convention and Visitors Bureau

Boulder Valley School District

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Capital One Café

Caplan and Earnest LLC

CBRE, Inc.

Citywide Banks - Boulder

CLA

Colorado Enterprise Fund

Crescent Real Estate

Dean Callan & Company Inc

Eide Bailly LLP

Embassy Suites Boulder

Emerson

Conscience Bay Company

Daily Camera

FNBO

Fowler Automotive Google Inc

IBM Corp

InTANDEM HR

Kaiser Permanente

KBI Biopharma

Flagstaff Sanitas Chautauqua

Employers Council

Fidelity National Title Company

First Western Trust Bank

FirstBank - Boulder

Front Range Community College

Gibbons-White Inc

Hotel Boulderado

Housing Helpers InBank

John Kirkland Group LLC

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

KeyBank

KPMG LLP

Landmark Properties

Lake Valley Golf Club

Lexmark International, Inc

LJD Enterprises Inc

Lockheed Martin

Manufacturer’s Edge

Northrop Grumman Corp

Premier Members Credit Union Terrapin Care Station

The WW Reynolds Companies Inc

University of Colorado Boulder

META

MidFirst Bank

Plante Moran

Tebo Properties

Twenty Ninth Street Mall Twitter Inc.

Warner Pacific Insurance Services

Xcel Energy

NREL

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

OZ Architecture

Pfizer

Pinnacol Assurance

PNC Bank - Boulder

Savory Cuisines Catering

Smoker Friendly / Gasamat

Snell & Wilmer LLP

Sopher Sparn Architects LLC

Spencer Fane LLP

The Colorado Group Inc

Unico Properties LLC

Uplight Inc.

Vectra Bank

Verizon

Wells Fargo Bank NA

Western Disposal Services

Westland Development Services Inc

Zayo Group LLC

To learn more about becoming a Standing Strong member, contact us today! membership@boulderchamber.com

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