2023 Celebration of Leadership Digital Program

Celebrating Boulder’s innovators, trailblazers and leaders.

March 15, 2023

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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.

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2021 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL AWARDS COLORADO PRO CHAPTER — SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS

GOLD Best Editorial Christopher Wood for “It’s time for voters, at last, to repeal Colorado’s Gallagher Amendment” SILVER Best Investigative Reporting Dan Mika for “Historic Demands on Colorado Unemployment Trust Fund Pose Risk of Payroll Tax Hike”

FIRST PLACE Best Advertising Special Section Economic Profile & Market Facts produced by Sandy Powell, Ken Amundson, Chad Collins, Bernie Simon and Christopher Wood FIRST PLACE Best Business News/Feature Story Oil price collapse could cut deeply into Weld County jobs, tax revenue by Dan Mika

FIRST PLACE Best Public Service Project Race & Business by Dan Mika, Lucas High, Christopher Wood, Jeff Thomas and Dallas Heltzell SECOND PLACE Best Investigative Story Package The Legacy of Blue Bear by Lucas High, Dan Mika, Ken Amundson, Dallas Heltzell and Christopher Wood

SECOND PLACE Editorials Christopher Wood SECOND PLACE News Columns Christopher Wood for Publisher’s Notebook SECOND PLACE Business News Lucas High for covering the Lucky’s Market bankruptcy

SECOND PLACE Business Enterprise Reporting Christopher Wood, Ken Amundson, Lucas High, Dallas Heltzell, Jeff Thomas for covering race & business THIRD PLACE Beat Reporting Dan Mika for Woodward/Hexcel merger coverage THIRD PLACE General Reporting Lucas High for a series about the Medtronic expansion

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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!

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Tonight’s Program

About the Awards

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

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.

Musical Performance Acoustic Ambush

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.

Award Ceremony Introduction by Presenting Sponsor Gallagher Ring, Director, Commercial Banking, FNBO

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

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 6 • BOULDER CHAMBER

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

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

Entertainment Acoustic Ambush

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.

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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.

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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

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.

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Rook Capital Innovative Business of the Year Conscious Bay Company Impact Award

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.

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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.

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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

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.

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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

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.

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.

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.

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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 .

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As of March 1, 2023

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

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Premier Members Credit Union Terrapin Care Station The WW Reynolds Companies Inc University of Colorado Boulder

Sanitas Altman Consulting LLC Amazon Ball Aerospace BioMed Realty BizWest BOK Financial Boulder Community Health Boulder Medical Center Celestial Seasonings Cigna

Conscience Bay Company Daily Camera FNBO Fowler Automotive Google Inc IBM Corp InTANDEM HR Kaiser Permanente KBI Biopharma

META MidFirst Bank Plante Moran Tebo Properties Twenty Ninth Street Mall Twitter Inc. Warner Pacific Insurance Services Xcel Energy

Chautauqua 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

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

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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