We ask that you join us today in our efforts to advance racial equality,
Together, we can foster a more inclusive society. We will work to identify, remove, and/or overcome any barrier that reinforce racial bias or racism in society, business, or government.
The Pledge
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Lead
- Improve practices for recruiting, hiring and advancing diverse employees in your company
- Encourage diversity in our partnerships and business relationships, and encourage your partners and vendors to embrace diversity in their workforce
- Donate funds to support organizations addressing racial injustice and advancing equity
- Vote and encourage your employees to vote
- Actively work with and support minority-owned businesses in your community
- Create/Execute a supplier diversity policy
- Join and partner with community-based organizations advancing racial equity
We will all be held accountable in making changes. Six months from now, each of us will report on our actions; that information will then be shared with all involved.
Conflict is hard, but the only way we know to deal with it is to confront it directly – not out of anger or to defend our actions, but out of a desire to improve, to be better, to make change.
This isn’t somebody else’s problem – this is our problem.
With your help and by standing together, we can lean into our courage.
Sincerely,
Mark Cornetta, President & General Manager, 9NEWS
Qaisar Khan, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Interventional Cardiologist, Endovascular Medicine, Advanced Heart and Vein Center
Melissa Rosas, President, Apex Design
John Hayes, Chairman, President & CEO, Ball Corporation
Raju Patel, Senior Vice President; Market Executive & Denver Market President, Bank of America
Sarah Hogan and Cori Streetman, Principals, Barefoot PR
Jeff Ronsse, Managing Partner, BKD CPAs & Advisors
Rich Benenson, Managing Partner, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Art Aaron, President & COO, CAA ICON
Dan Kobler Partner, Campfire Digital
Walt DeHaven, Vice President and General Manager, CBS4
John Roble, President, Mountain States, Cigna
Crissy Fanganello, President & CEO, City BuildHer
Paul Collier, Founder & Principal, Coeffect
Ted Ott, President, Colorado Barricade Co.
Everette Freeman, President, Community College of Denver
Julie Klein, Principal, Confluence Sustainability
Joe Conroy, Chairman & CEO, Cooley
Jandel Allen-Davis, President & CEO, Craig Hospital
Ashley Matuska, Owner, Dashing Maids
Kristin Lentz and Chad Williams, Managing Partners, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
Helen Drexler, President & CEO, Delta Dental of Colorado
Pamela Meade, President and CEO, Designs for Learning
Chris Frampton, Managing Partner, East West Partners
Traci Lounsbury, CEO & Owner, Elements
Pip Cousins, Principal & Co-Founder, Elevate Momentum
Pete Dignan, Principal, Ever Better, PBC
Bruce Fowler, Managing Director, Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Dustin Whistler, Principal, Forte Commercial Real Estate
Shanda Vangas, Principal, Fourth Wave Strategies, LLC
Chris Harrison, CEO, FullContact
Lisa Beauchamp, President, Global Security Solutions
Mary Keith Floyd, Principal, Goodbee & Associates
Brad Preber, CEO, Grant Thorton, LLP
Laura Love, Founder & Chief Cultural Officer, GroundFloor Media | CenterTable
Sue Reilly, President, Group14 Engineering, PBC
Peter Arch, General Manager, Gymshark USA
Sylvia Young, President & CEO, HealthONE
Kathy Holmes, President, Holmes Consulting Group
Kirsten Benefiel, CEO, HSS
Robert Cohen, Chairman & CEO, The IMA Financial Group
Erica L. Tarpey, Director, Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe
Mark Reilly, West Regional President, JE Dunn Construction
Paul Washington, Market Director of the Rocky Mountain Region, JLL
Drina Quintana, Owner & Founder, JunkyFunk Designs LLC
Aaron Clark, Founder & CEO, Justice Reskill
Sam Kasparek, Managing Partner, Kairoi Residential
Michael Ramseier, Regional President, Kaiser Permanente
Gretchen Rosenberg, President & CEO, Kentwood Real Estate
Andy Roberts, Managing Partner, Kittredge Ventures
Mike Bearup, Denver Officer Managing Partner, KPMG
Doug McNeill, CEO, Laradon
Mark Beese, President, Leadership for Lawyers
John Wetenkamp, Director of Operations, LoDo District, Inc.
Nancy Kristof, Owner and President, Message Matters
Janine Davidson, Ph.D., President, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Gavin Hattersley, CEO, Molson Coors Beverage Company
Gene Hodge, Vice President, General Manager, Mortenson Denver
A. Gray Clark, President, Muller Engineering Company
Martha Weidmann, Co-Founder & CEO, NINE dot ARTS
John Couzens, President, Rocky Mountain Region, Northern Trust
Bob Deibel, President & Owner, OfficeScapes Group
K.J. McCorry, President, Officiency, Inc.
Jim Johnson, Shareholder, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC
Joel Christensen, Founder & CEO, Parkwell
Vince DeRose, President and CEO, PEAK Resources, Inc.
Dax Craig, Co-Founder & President, Pie Insurance
Phil Kalin, President and CEO, Pinnacol Assurance
Justin Pless, Founder & Attorney, Pless Law Firm
Ryan Beiser, Regional President, PNC
Jennifer Evans, Office Managing Partner Denver, Polsinelli
Ellen Valde, Denver Office Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Les Sweeney, CEO, Professional Assist Corporation
Jesus Salazar, Co-Founder, President & CEO, Prosono
Dan Igoe, Partner, Pure Brand
Mark Windhager, Founder & CEO, RedPeak
Alison Oyler-Mitsch, Owner, Refresh Studios
Rhys Duggan, Principal, President and CEO, Revesco Properties
Kirk Mielenz, CEO, RevGen Partners
Rick Kinning, Chairman, CEO & President, RK
Richard Lewis, Founder & CEO, RTL Networks, Inc.
Walter Isenberg, Co-Founder, President & CEO, Sage Hospitality Group
Lydia Jumonville, President & CEO, SCL Health
Lora Ledermann, Founder, CEO & Creative Director, Scream Agency
Rusty Brown, Principal, Semple Brown Design
Susan McFaddin, President, Seven Generations, LLC.
Binh Diep, General Manager, Denver, Slalom
Robert Niichel, Founder & CEO, SmartTab
Gary Kelly, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Southwest Airlines
Keith Porter, Principal, SPA Risk LLC
Kristin Friedman, President, Sportsfan and Sock Em’
Stan Clauson, Principal & President, Stan Clauson Associates, Inc.
Bruce O’Donnell, Principal, STARBOARD Realty Group
Kate Lyda, Principal, Staro Insights
Navin Dimond, Founder, President & CEO, Stonebridge Companies
Charles Woolley II, President, St. Charles Town Co.
Lori Fox, Maren Stewart and Tamra Ward, Principals, Taloma Partners
Tim Bradley, CEO, Teatulia Organic Teas
Chris Woods, Founder & CEO, Terrapin Care Station
Rich Harris, President, The Harris Law Firm, P.C.
Alex Cooper, Founder & Executive Director, The IronCEO
Lisa Jasper, Co-Founder and CEO, Thought Ensemble
Richard Rogers, Regional President, Travelers Insurance Southwest Region
Hassan Salem, Head of Commercial Banking, U.S. Bank
Steve Rendle, Chairman, President & CEO, VF Corporation
Nancy Lindo, Owner, Viewfinder Photography
Keith Lobis, SVP, Region Bank President, Wells Fargo Bank
Carla Dore, President & CEO, Workplace Resource
Chris Cabrera, Founder & CEO, Xactly Corporation
Ben Fowke, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Xcel Energy
Mike Zoellner, Managing Partner, ZF Capital
Gino Greco, Regional CEO, American Red Cross of Colorado & Wyoming
Linda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN, Executive Director & CEO, AORN
Noel Ginsburg, Founder & CEO, CareerWise Colorado
Lindsay Lierman, Executive Director, CASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties
Cris White, Executive Director & CEO, Colorado Housing and Finance Authority
Renny Fagan, President & CEO, Colorado Nonprofit Association
Mike O’Donnell, Executive Director, Colorado Lending Source
Frannie Matthews, President and CEO, Colorado Technology Association
Maria Fabula, President & CEO, Community Resource Center
Erin Atwell, CEO, Community Shares of Colorado
Janice Sinden, President & CEO, Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Kelly Brough, President & CEO, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
Lorii Rabinowitz, CEO, Denver Scholarship Foundation
Tami Door, President & CEO, Downtown Denver Partnership
Sean Sweeney, President & Founder, Flag Steward
Erin Pulling, President & CEO, Food Bank of the Rockies
Elycia Cook, President & CEO, FRIENDS FIRST
Leanna Clark, CEO, Girl Scouts of Colorado
Heather Lafferty, CEO and Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver
John McMurtry, Executive Director, Lake County Community Fund
Beale Tejada, Board President, Lincoln Hills Cares Corporation
Sandra Mann, PsyD, CEO, Maria Droste Counseling Center
Teva Sienicki, CEO, Metro Caring
Christine Benero, President and CEO, Mile High United Way
Joanne Kelley, CEO, Philanthropy Colorado
Burke Fishburn, Executive Director, Posner Center for International Development
Cindy Eby, Founder and CEO, ResultsLab
Bob Adwar, President, River Deep Foundation
Rob Smith, CEO, Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute
Colleen Kazemi, Executive Director, Social Venture Partners Denver
Javier Alberto Soto, President & CEO, The Denver Foundation
Michael Leccese, Executive Director, Urban Land Institute Colorado
Sue Glass, President & CEO, YMCA of Metro Denver