career

Manufacturing Entrepreneur

  • Founder, Chairman & CEO of Intertech Plastics, Inc.
  • Chairman & CEO of Intertech Medical, Inc.
  • Founder, Chairman & CEO of CareerWise Colorado
  • Founder of Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Alliance (CAMA)

Civic Leadership

  • CareerWise Colorado, Founding Board Chair, 2014-Present
  • Colorado Workforce Development Council, Board Member 2015-present
  • Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Board Member 2015-present
  • Colorado Business Experiential Learning Commission (BEL), Co-Chair, 2015-present
  • Denver Public Schools, Career and Technical Education Council, Chair 2015-present
  • Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, Commissioner 2013-present
  • Clinton Foundation: U.S. Youth Employment Action Network, Member 2014
  • Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Alliance (CAMA), Founding Board Chair 2012-2014
  • The Leadership Initiative, Founding Member and Co-Chair, 2011
  • Mile High United Way, Board Chair 2001 + 2009, Campaign Chair, 1997
  • Denver Public Schools Foundation, President 2009
  • Jewish Colorado, Board Chair 2008
  • Colorado I Have A Dream Foundation, Board Chair of Founding Board 1994
  • Wexner Heritage Foundation, Fellow 1994
  • Young Presidents Organization, Member 1991
  • Leadership Denver, 1988

Awards

  • Anti-Defamation League’s 2016 Civil Rights Award, 2016
  • Colorado Technology Association's Talent Champion, 2016
  • Goodwill Community Leader Award, 2012
  • Goodwill Industries Outstanding Volunteer Award, 2008
  • Colorado Nonprofit Week: William Funk Award for building statewide community, 2003
  • Leadership Denver Outstanding Alumnus Award, 2001
  • Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award, 2000
    Urban Peak Maverick Thinker Award, 2000
  • Daniel L. Ritchie Award for Ethics in Business, University of Denver, 1998
  • Honorary Doctorate, University of Denver, 1995
  • Helen Phelps Award for Distinguished Service, Denver Public Schools, 1995
  • Martin Luther King Social Responsibility Business Award, 1995
  • Small Business Person of the Year, U.S. Small Business Administration, 1989