Over the years the DaVinci Institute has attracted some of the most talented and exciting speakers in the world. These are the people who have built the foundational brilliance upon which the Institute now stands. For this reason we have put together an easy-to-sort index for our past speakers.
- Roger C. Adams - Attorney - Founder and CEO - JumpStart Settlement Inc.
- Vic Ahmed - Serial Entrepreneur
- Barbera Aimes - CEO and Founder ImagiPLAY
- Terri Albee - Managing Partner of HR Ops Team LLC
- Andrew Aldrin - Director, Business Development at United Launch Alliance
- Margy Altmix - President of My Plan After 50
- Kevin Anderson - Bestselling Author
- Dave Anderson - Director of The Manufacturing Task Force & Board Member for The Coalition for a Prosperous America
- Philip Anson - Founder EVOL burritos
- Jane Dvorak, APR - “Consultalancer,”© a one-stop shop for strategic planning to project implementation
- Antigone Arthur - Business Consultant and Freelance Writer
- Gil Asakawa - Writer, Editor and Online Content Consultant
- Raj Asthana - Founder of Innovative Global Services
- Craig Bachmann - Principal at ITF Advisor
- Robert Bailey - Intellectual Property Attorney, Perkins Coie
- Brian Baker - Principal at Small Planet West
- Kay Baker - Speaker, Trainer, Facilitator and Consultant
- Steve Baker - Senior Fellow, Business Advisor and Author
- Allen Barber - President of Denver-Hainan Corporation (DHC)
- Harvey Barnard - Founder of NESARA
- Jay Barr - CEO of JHB International
- Paul Bauer - Senior Fellow for the DaVinci Institute – Clinical Professor of Information Technologies
- Mark E. Behrens - President of TriSynergy Consulting LLC
- Jim Benemann - CBS News Anchorman - Channel 4
- Teah Bennett - CEO/Founder of I*LEVEL Incorporated
- Paul Bergman - Director of the Denver U.S. Export Assistance Center
- Sylvia Bernstein - President and Founder of The Aquaponic Source
- Brad Bernthal - Associate Clinical Professor at Colorado Law School and Director of Entrepreneurial Initiatives for Silicon Flatirons Center
- Greg Berry - Founder - Think Tank West
- Ron Bills - Former CEO of Segway LLC
- Chase Binz - Technical Administration Manager in the Business Development division for Westwood College Online
- Robin Birdsall - Founder and CEO of Birdsall Graphics and Web Design
- Michael Bissonnette - Founder and former CEO and Chairman of AeroGrow International (Inventors of the AeroGarden), Current Founder of Bissonnette Fund
- Barrett Blank - President & CEO of BB2e.com
- Ben Bova - World Renowned Science Fiction Author
- Brewster Boyd - Director of Finance for CleanLaunch
- Gene Branch - Patent Attorney and Partner with the firm of Perkins Coie
- Barbara Brannen - President and CEO of Playmore - Motivational Speaker and Leadership Expert
- Judith Briles - Speaker, Publisher, Publishing and Speaking Coach, best-selling Author, and Founder of Author U
- David Brin - NY Times best selling author, scientist, and futurist
- Adam Brock - Owner of the Wild Green Yonder
- Arthur Brock - The MetaCurrency Project, Founder/Developer
- Elaine Brofford - President of Elaine Brofford and Associates
- Hank Brown - President of the University of Colorado
- Gordon Brown - President of Space Analytics
- Traci Brown - Persuasion Expert and Certified Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistics, Hypnosis and Huna
- Edward Bruder - Owner of Colorado Care and Wellness, Board of Trustee member for the Town of Lyons
- Dick Bruso - International speaker and founder of Heard Above The Noise
- Mike Burke - Co-founded NanoThread Inc
- Alex Burney - Partner - Huge Partners LLC
- Nora Burns - Founder of Insightful Endeavors International, Inc.
- Dennis Bushnell - Chief Scientist at NASA Langley Research Center
- Michael Butler - Chief of Police - Longmont, CO
- George Bye - President and CEO of Bye Aerospace
- Lisa Calkins - CEO of Amadeus Consulting
- John Calvert - Supervisory Patent Examiner, USPTO
- Joe Campana - Founder of R-Squared
- Candy Campbell - Publisher of Colorado Company Magazine
- Greg Carlisle - Managing Director of the Prior Fund
- George Carradini - Certified QSCA Life Coach
- Jim Carter - Co-founder of Carter Design, Inc.
- Carl 'Chevy' Chevallard - Professional conductor and President, ConductYourLife, LLC
- Jenny Chism - Founder and creator of Monkey Toes
- Floyd Ciruli - Founder - Ciruli Associates
- Lida Citroen - Founder and principal of LIDA360
- Nancy Clark - Owner of UnleadedGroup.com and Publisher of WatchBoom.com
- Dan Clemens - Speaker, author, business consultant, entrepreneur, baseball coach
- Bret Clement - Consultant for Page One PR
- William R. ($ Bill) Cobb - Author of "Targeted Tactics" - Transforming Strategy into Measurable Results
- Thomas Cogswell - Certified Personal and Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC)
- David Cohen - Founder and Executive Director of TechStars
- Dennis Cole - Formed KDC Associates and the Northern Colorado Idea Lab
- Doug Collier - Principal at The RQ Group - Author of Believer Capital - Former President of Braniff Express Airlines
- Joel Comm - Internet entrepreneur, author, television producer, and much more
- Patricia Compass - Co-inventor of the DayOne WaterbagTM and founder of DayOne Response, Inc
- Steven Conger - P4P Energy Founder, Chairman and Inventor
- Michele Connolly - President & CEO of EarthRoamer
- Don Cooper - Internationally-acclaimed sales and marketing expert
- Greg Cortopassi - Founder of Launch Your Dreams - International Trainer and Speaker
- Mike Cote - Editor of ColoradoBiz Magazine
- Dane Coyer - Former VP of IBM, President and Chief Operating Officer, Wavestate Inc.
- Margaret Cozzens - President and Chief Executive Officer of the Colorado Institute of Technology
- Lisa Cratty - Co-founder of Teagan and Mack, Sew Specialized and Mama Jane’s
- Curtis Crays - Franchisee of Archadeck
- Rita Crompton - Founder of FLeCusa, Inc.
- Jeannine Crooks - Affiliate Marketing Veteran
- Drew Crouch - Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp
- Mark Crowley - Colorado Broadcasters Association "Broadcast Citizen of the Year"
- Darren Crystal - Co-Founder and CTO of Photobucket
- Michael Cushman - President of Key Change Institute and a Senior Fellow at the DaVinci Institute
- Karl Dakin - CEO of DaVinci Quest and Senior Fellow of the DaVinci Institute
- Tiago Dalvi - Founder of Solidarium
- Dixie Daly - Inventor/Product Developer/Author
- James R. Davis - Dean of University College, the continuing education unit of the University of Denver
- Rennie Davis - Former Member of the Chicago Seven – Chairman of Great Turning Solutions
- Bruce D Dawson - President of Liquid Capital of Colorado
- John R Grizz Deal - CEO of Hyperion Power Generation
- Scott Degraffenreid - Social Network Analyst
- Theresa DeGroote - President & Founder of Phlare, Inc
- Darylle Dennis - National Keynote Speaker and Business Coach
- Gail Denton - Life Coach and Author
- Brian Destarac - Founder of Cobalt Business Solutions
- Becky DeStigter - International Business Consultant
- Marty Dickinson - Owner of website design and online promotion company called HereNextYear.com
- Jean DiGiovanna - Founder of Workshop University
- Patti Dobrowolski - Registered Drama Therapist - ChangeworksGlobal Training - Co-founder of Alchemy
- John Doll - Commissioner for Patents
- Matt Dombrow - Founder and partner of Clixo
- Paul Donovan - President and CEO at Green Tape LLC
- Mark Dubin - Department Chair and as Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder
- Dee Dukehart - Executive Business Communications Consultant and Trainer
- Donald Dulchinos - SVP Advanced Platforms and Services for CableLabs
- Tom Duncan - Author of the book Driving Brand Value - Director of the first MBA in IMC program
- Andre Durand - Founder and CEO of Ping Identity
- John Eckstein - Attorney - Fairfield Woods LLP
- Anita Edge - Owner of a series of web-based businesses
- Richard Eidlin - Founder and President of The Progress Group
- Ori Eisen - CEO - 41st Parameter, Former Worldwide Fraud Director for American Express
- Dale Eisler - Canadian Consul General - Denver Office
- Dave Elchoness - Executive Director Association of Virtual Worlds
- Ingrid Elfver - "Celebrity Coach” and the Founder of Born Celebrity™
- Corey Engelen - Author, Inventor, Public Speaker and "INFO-preneur"
- Brian Enke - Research Analyst - Department of Space Studies Southwest Research Institute
- Jonathan Erb - Chief Marketing Officer at Cocona, Inc
- John Erickson - Business Development Coach and Entrepreneur
- Frank Eriksen - Voice and talent behind Pod City Radio
- Perry Evans - Founder/Ceo of Local Matters, Inc, Chairman/Co-Founder of Jabber Inc. and Founder/President of MapQuest
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- Mike Faber - Keynote Speaker, Trainer and Certified Professional Coach
- Russ Farmer - CEO and Founder of PBC
- Bill Farrand - Research Scientist - Space Science Institute
- Lawrence Farwell - Chairman & Chief Scientist, Brain Fingerprinting Laboratories
- Douglas Fasching -
- Sara Sutton Fell - CEO of FlexJobs
- Larry Fenster - Cofounder and President of Natkin Energy Management
- Ben Fernandez - Intellectual property lawyer, practices patent law at the Denver offices of Faegre & Benson, LLP
- Jeff Finkelstein - Founder of Customer Paradigm
- John Fischer - Former Managing Partner - Logica Consulting
- Mark Fischer - Inspire Pay and Inspire Commerce, Founder and CEO
- Eve Fisher - Web Site Project Manager and Designer
- James Fisher - Co-founder of the Origin Institute
- Richard Fleming - Owner of Creative Coop, Founder of Cinematic Arts of Colorado and Board President of BIBA
- Jack Flobeck - President - Mentor Media Services Inc. - Chairman - Integrity Airlines
- Scott Ford - Co-founder of On-The-Block Auction
- Louis Foreman - Founder and Chief Executive of Eventys and CEO of Edison Nation
- Burke Fort - Director of the Colorado School of Mines 8th Continent Project
- Carol Frank - Author and Investment Banker
- Thomas Franklin - Intellectual Property Attorney – Kilpatrick Townsend
- Jim Franklin - Vice President of Enterprise Performance Management, General Manager of the Crystal Ball Global Business Unit of Oracle Corp.
- Scott Franklin - Founder, President and CEO of Clean Energy Solutions, Inc
- James Frasche - CEO of Shelter Homes, LLC
- Brian Freeland - Senior Design Technologist for Foci – Focused Interaction
- Bill French - Co-founder of MyST Technology Partners
- Deb Frey - Mayor of the DaVinci Vault
- Thomas Frey - Executive Director and Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute
- Darby Frey - Systems Developer for Electricshoes Productions
- John Funk - Principal with, and the Chief Product Scout for, Evergreen IP, LLC
- Amy Gahran - Content Strategist and Info-Provocateur
- Julian Gallow - Business Development for Aegis
- Heidi Ganahl - Founder, President and CEO of Camp Bow Wow
- Ruth Garcia - Owner of RG2 Consulting
- Al Gebhard - Serial Inventor
- Howard Gelt - Attorney with the firm of Shughart Thomson, & Kilroy
- Merit Gest - Professional speaker, trainer, educator and facilitator
- Mike Gionfriddo - CTO and Acting President at Evergreen Energy
- Matt Given - Founder and CEO of Impact Street Consulting Services
- Kristie Gliniewicz - Founder of Kg Administrative Solutions
- Jonathan Goff - President and CEO of Altius Space Machines
- David Gold - Venture Partner at Access Venture Partners
- Larry Gold - Founder, Chairman, and Chief Science Officer of SomaLogic
- Robert Goldstein - Attorney in the Denver offices of the firm of Shughart, Thomson, & Kilroy
- Selwyn Goldstein - Master Playground Designer
- Juan Marcos Gutierrez Gonzalez - Consulate General of Mexico
- Greg Gorman - Founder of Commotion
- Lloyd Gottman - Human Synergizer, the principle founder of Synergetic Systems
- Susan Grafton - Economic Development Manager
- William Gray - CSU Director of the Tropical Meteorology Project, National Hurricane Expert
- Brent Green - Author, speaker, trainer and consultant focused on Leading-Edge Baby Boomers
- Stephen Green - Blogger- VodkaPundit.com
- Brett Greene - Marketing Executive
- Datta Groover - Motivational Speaker and Founder of Higher Speech
- Saba Gul - BLISS: Business & Life Skills School Lahore
- Enrique Gutierrez - US and International Technology Sales & Business Development Executive
- Richard Hackathorn - President and founder of Bolder Technology, Inc. - Founded MicroDecisionware Inc.
- Eric Hackathorn - IT Specialist - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Terry Hackett - Creative Director at PGM Integrated
- Dale Halling - Patent Attorney and Entrepreneur
- Dale B. Halling - Patent Attorney and Entrepreneur
- Holly Hamann - Vice President of Marketing, Thought Equity
- Clif Harald - Colorado Public Affairs Manager for Sun
- Terra Hardcastle - Franchisee of College Nannies & Tutors
- Barbara Hardesty - Founder of Da Vinci Capers ~ A Personal Renaissance Journey
- Josiah Hatch - Attorney, Lecturer and Writer
- Cathy and Gary Hawk - Partners, Clarity International
- Beth Hayden - Blogging and WordPress Consultant
- Robert Hayes - Founder of CynoCast
- Dennis Heap - Executive Director Front Range Airport
- Jay Hearst - Founder & CEO - Bancard, Inc.
- Caitlin Hedberg - Directing the Sustainable Enterprise Program, an MBD focus program
- Bruce Henderson - Designer and producer for video, print publications and the World Wide Web
- Mark Henry - Manager and national consultant with SBIR firms
- Seth Herd - Neuroscientist
- John Hereford - Managing Partner for Oak Leaf Energy Partners
- John W. Hickenlooper - Mayor - City of Denver
- Bryant Hill - Co-Founder of Contact Center Content, LLC
- Steven Hoffman - Co-founder of LOHAS Journal and Managing Director of Compass Natural LLC
- Matthew Holohan - Associate at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Louis Hornyak - VP for Synthesis at NanoThread, Inc.
- Tracy Houston - Board Advisory Consultant
- Paul Hudnut - Co-Director of Colorado State University's Global Innovation Center for Energy, Health & Environment
- Stephen Hultquist - Speaker, Author and Journalist
- Patricia Hursh - President and Founder of SmartSearch Marketing
- Raymond Hutchins - President of the SimGame Exchange and the Interactive Gaming and Simulation Alliance
- Brian Ibbott - Host of Coverville
- Aaron Janowski - Principal of Wellsley Corporation
- Mike Janssen - Founder of Advanced Cosmetic Intervention
- Jan Martin & Melody Jauregui - Founders - Mountain High Essentials
- Janice Jensen - Television Producer and Media Consultant
- Kris Jensen - Vice President My Plan After 50
- Paul Jerde - Director of the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business and The Deming Center for Entrepreneurship
- Dave Jilk - Serial Entrepreneur and Founder of eCortex, Inc.
- Kevin Johansen - Director for Capital Markets Group
- Edgar Johansson - Chairman of the Board for the Colorado Space Business Roundtable
- Ryan Johnson - Executive Creative Director for Artist Rendering, Inc.
- David R. Johnson - Partner & COO at Catapult Growth Partners, LLC
- Charles Johnson - Former President of Cessna, Chief Operations Officer of Bye Aerospace
- Amanda Morris Johnson - Screenwriter and Co-founder of The Shoot Out
- Blake Jones - President of Namaste Solar
- Scott Jordan - Founder All Credit Solutions
- Jack Jostes - Social Media Strategist & Producer at Ramblin Jackson
- Robert J. Corry, Jr. - Civil Rights and Criminal Defense Attorney
- Steve Juedes - Founder and President of Direct Hit Marketing, Inc.
- Les Juhasz - President of Liberty International Development
- Chris Kauza - Vice President of Social Media and Marketing at Fett Marketing
- Adam Kaye - Owner of Railroad Square Art Park
- Lawrence L. Kazmerski - Executive Director, S&T (Science & Technology) Partnerships
- Stephen Keating - Business Editor of The Denver Post
- David Keenan - International Sales and Business Development Consultant
- Cynthia Kemper - Publisher - Edgewalker Insight
- Pat Kennedy - Chairman and CEO - Cellport Systems
- Peter Kent - Author of the bestseller, Search Engine Optimization for Dummies, and the upcoming Pay Per Click Search Marketing for Dummies
- Rody Kent - Presentation Coach
- Dean Keyek-Franssen - Founder of Pete's Electric Bikes
- Chris Kidwell - Founder and the Master of Findability for Clixo LLC
- Jeffrey King - Assistant Professor - Nuclear Science and Engineering Program, Colorado School of Mines
- Robert Kistner - President and CEO of Energy Planning Consultants Inc.
- Tamara Kleinberg - Founder and Chief Imaginator of Imaginibbles
- Homer Knearl - Intellectual Property Attorney
- Blair Koch - President of BEK Enterprises
- Mike Koclanes - President and CEO Bolder Data Solutions, Inc
- Deb Kolaras - Owner/President Marketing Java, Inc.
- Jonathan Kolber - Co-founder and CEO of Hide and Seek Technologies
- Jaclyn Kostner - Best-selling business author
- Steve Kregstein - Founder of Kregstein Legal Strategies
- Jim Kreinbrink - President and Founder of Hyper Dog Media
- Brad Krinhop - Senior Vice President, Operations - Alpine Access
- Richard D. Lamm - Former Governor - State of Colorado
- Stuart Langley - Patent Attorney at Hogan & Hartson
- Esbjorn Larsen - Technology Consultant
- Ronal Larson - Former Professor (E.E. at Georgia Tech) and former Principal Scientist at SERI (now NREL)
- Jack Lassiter - Customer Service Director with the US General Services Administration - Chief Operating Officer for the Business Catapult
- Jason Lauve - Owner of Cannabis Health News™
- Cate Lawrence - Founder of Lawrence Research Associates
- Phil Lawson - CEO of Spherit, Author of Being Spherical
- DJ Lazzell - Technical Education Specialist
- John D. Leavy - Founder of InPlainSite
- Steve Lee - Curator of Planetary Science at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
- Natasha Leger - Principal at ITF Advisor
- Dave Lester - Chairman and CEO of Treeless Systems LLC
- Randolph Levine - Founder of ZettaCore
- Jerry W. Lewis - Editor of the Boulder County Business Report
- Ronald Lewis - Author, speaker, activist, journalist, entrepreneur, and technologist
- Ronald Lewis - Author, speaker, activist, journalist, and technologist
- Cindy Lichfield - Serial Inventor and Owner of Cloud Dome
- Kirsten Liegmann - President of Great Turnings Solutions
- Bernard Lietaer - Co-Architect of the Euro - Author of the Future of Money - Keynote Speaker at the Future of Money Summit
- Geoffrey Lin - Intellectual Property Attorney
- Kim Long - Author of the American Forecaster Almanac
- Windham Loopesko - CEO and President W. E. Loopesko & Associates, Inc.
- Dmitry A. Loschinin - Founder and CEO of Luxoft
- Yvonne Lynott - Co-founder and Partner in Lynott & Associates
- Jane Macoubrie - Senior Advisor to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Pat Maher - Founder of Maher Media
- Christine Mahoney - Former TV News Anchor, Producer, Media Coach – Owner of Honk! Media
- Kelly Manning - State Director, Colorado SBDC Network
- Jonathan Manske - Human Dynamics Specialist
- Kristi Mark - Account Manager with Kforce Technology Staffing
- Vince Matthews - State Geologist and Director of the Colorado Geological Survey
- Kent McBride - Chief Movement Starter, Founder and Host of Goodonomics Radio
- Wil McCarthy - Engineer,Novelist, and Journalist
- Ruth McCartney - CEO of McCartney Multimedia Inc.
- David McCloskey - Founder and creator of Superstructs
- Donald J. McCubbrey - Clinical Professor Department of Business Information and Analytics in the Daniels College of Business University of Denver
- Scott McInnis - Attorney Hogan & Hartson - former US Congressman
- Mark McIntosh - “The Comeback Coach” and co-host of KUSA-TV’s “Colorado and Company”
- Ryan McIntyre - Founder of Excite.com and Venture Capitalist with Mobius Ventures
- Peter McLaughlin - Director of Mirth™ and Innovation, Author, Professional Speaker
- Rob McNealy - Coaching entrepreneur on his Startup Story Radio podcast and blog
- Catharine Merigold - Co-Founder and General Partner of Vista Ventures
- John Metzger - Co-director for the 8th Continent Aerospace Business Incubator
- Steve Meyer - Founder and CEO of Mainstreet Pedicab
- Christopher Meyers - CEO/Managing Partner for Chris Incorporated, LLC
- Dave Michels - President of Verge1 Consulting
- Joy Milkowski - Founder of Access Marketing Company
- Bill Miller - Entrepreneur
- Michael Miller - VP, COO of Engage Communication Group
- Gordon Miller - Senior Partner/Dovetail Solutions
- Jack Miller - Author - Leading Edge Business Planning for Entrepreneurs
- Ellen Miller-Brown - Director of K-8 and Middle School Leadership in the Boulder Valley School District
- Jonathan “Jock” G. Mirow - Founding partner with BroadbandVideo
- David Moll - CEO of Webroot
- Daniel Montgomery - Organizational Fitness Coach
- Jim Mooney - President & CEO of References-Online
- Mike Moore - Certified Member of the American Association of Airport Executives and an Instrument Flight Instructor
- Lindsey Moore - Founder and CEO of KLM, Inc
- Robert Morrissey - Founder and creator of the Proshot Boxx™
- Rich Morrow - Cloud Architect, Infrastructure and Security Engineer at quicloud, LLC
- Gary Moskoff - Founder and President of Sleeping Giant Solutions
- Peter Murane - President and founder of BrandJuice Consulting
- Steve Murchie - More than 25 years of experience in the software industry
- Walt Musial - Principal Engineer NREL National Renwable Energy Lab
- Larry Nelson - Founder of the Institute for Change Research and co-founder of w3w3 ® Talk Radio
- Martin Nethercutt - President and Co-Founder of McCartney Multimedia
- Ari Newman - Founder and President of Filtrbox
- Gordon Nuttall - President and CEO of Rocky Mountain Ventures Company
- Ed O'Brien - Television Producer - Media Consultant
- Tee Lea Ong - Senior Director of Strategy and Corporate Development for DexMedia
- Andrew OReilly - Founding member of 100 Words or Les Nessman
- Jennifer Orvis - Business Broker with ProForma West M & A
- Ian Osborn - 2010 DaVinci Commercial Product of the Year Award Winner - Founder, Wild Ideas Light Company
- Shaun Oshman - Owner at iSupportU
- Daryl Oster - Founder and CEO of et3.com Inc.
- Jon M. Otsuki - CEO of GV Labs
- Dan Pacheco - Founder and CEO at FeedBrewer Inc.
- Samuel Pai - Veteran of multiple high-tech startups
- Antonio Papuzza - Italian Culture Expert
- Alexia Parks - President of Votelink.com
- Stuart Pattison - Colorado District President - KeyBank
- Krista Paul - Co-founder and CEO of Travelfli, Inc.
- Jeff Peckman - Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission Advocate
- Doatsy Peifer - President of Peifer Communications, Inc.
- Jim Pelichowski - Training in economics, business, accounting and software development, particularly the field of databases and web applications
- Robin Peng - Founder and Principle of Design Engine
- Larry Edward Penley - President of Colorado State University
- Scott Perlman - Co-Founder and COO of Think Like a Genius and Psi-Phi Technology Corporation - and also "The Mayor" of past Burning Man events
- Marcia Pessemier - President of Limelight Presentations
- Jerry Peterson - Professor of Physics
- Joe Pezzillo - Founder of Metafy LLC
- David Alan Goodman, M.S., Ph.D. - Director - Newport Neuroscience Center of North County San Diego
- Misha Plam - Entrepreneur-in-Residence - Boulder Quantum Ventures
- Jared Polis - Chairman - Colorado State Board of Education
- Randall Polliard - Professional Cartoonist
- Brian Propp - President & CEO Insulated Component Structures – Rocky Mountain, Inc. (“ICS SIPs”)
- Dush Ramachandran - VP of Marketing & Business Development for Clickbank
- Daniel Raphael - Author - "On-Demand Democracy - 24/7"
- Teju Ravilochan - Co-founder of Unreasonable Institute
- Cindy Rayfield - Franchise Consultant for FranNet
- Steve Reaser - Serial entrepreneur and seed-stage investor
- Sam Rediess - Futurist and Change Management Expert
- Greg Reinacker - Founder and CTO of NewsGator Technologies, Inc
- Rob Reuteman - Freelance Journalist
- Bruce Ricketts - Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc. Services Organization
- Jerome Rifkin - 2010 DaVinci Inventor of the Year - CEO and Founder of Tensegrity Prosthetics
- Bill Ritter - Former Denver District Attorney
- Patricia Barela Rivera - Colorado District Director - U.S. Small Business Administration
- Jack Rizzo - Chief Sustainablility Officer for ProLogis
- David Roberts - Corporate Executive, a Professional Services Firm Founder and Principal, Freelance Consultant, Entrepreneur and Investor
- Keith Robinson - Founder New Path Partners
- Trace Rock - Owner of Christensen Media Services
- Diane Roggow - Founder and CEO of Market Illumination
- Warren Roh - Licensing Specialist and partner in The Idea Place, LLC
- Andrew Romanoff - Colorado Speaker of the House
- Melanie Romero - Founder of She-Edison and the Inventor of the SnapBagger
- Steve Rooney - Founder and CEO of Ground Floor Capital
- Aundrea Rosdal - Founder & CEO of Hood, Inc.
- David Rosdeitcher - The Zip Code Man
- Patricia Ross - Co-founder of Hugo House Publishers
- Dale Roush - Strategic Asset Redeployment Specialist as part of the Corporate Logistics Department at StorageTek
- Herb Rubenstein - President of the Sustainable Business Group
- Cara Russell - Nonprofit Executive and Consultant
- Brittany Ryan-Todd - Entrepreneur, Business Person and Investor
- Ken Sabey - Providing Internet solutions to businesses - Board member of the Colorado chapter of the Business Marketing Association
- Jeffrey Samson - Founded Samson Design, a product design and development firm
- David Sandusky - President, Founder Recruiting Partners
- Moses Sanga - Founder and CEO of Eco-fuel Africa Limited
- Anthony Santarosa - Serial Entrepreneur
- Paul Saurini - Founder of Barefoot Radio and a real trailblazer
- Dan Scheld - President of N-Science Corporation
- Mike Schmidt - CEO at Ensemble Ventures, LLC, Director at Velocity Innovation Partners, LLC and Council Member at CIO Colorado
- Casey Schorr - Co-founder Printfection
- Gina Schreck - President and Founder of Pinnacle Achievement, SchrekTalk Keynotes and Synapse 3Di
- Joshua Schuler - Executive Director of Lemelson-MIT
- Brian Schwartz - Author of 50 Interviews: Entrepreneurs
- Chris Scoggins - Movers & Shakers - Where Colorado Happens
- Richard Scudder - Chair of the Information Technology and Electronic Commerce Department in the Daniels College of Business
- Jim Sears - Founder and CEO of SunSource Industries
- Arjun Sen - President and founder of ZenMango
- Bill Sequeira - Chief Executive Officer of Axon Hillock
- Patti Serrano - Nationally renowned public speaker and business trainer on entrepreneurship
- Jerry Sexton - Director of Interactive Strategy at PGM Integrated
- Todd Seymour - CEO - Millennium Gaming
- Ilan Shamir - Keynote Presenter, Author, Consultant and Trainer
- John Sheehan - Developer Evangelist for Twilio
- Chris Sherman - President of Searchwise LLC and Senior Editor of SearchEngineWatch.com
- Carl Sherril - Strategic Facilities Planner, an Architect, and Construction Manager
- Bill Shirley - Executive Leadership Coach
- Jonathan Shuster - Software technologist, entrepreneur, and seasoned executive
- Todd Siler - Internationally recognized visual artist, educator, consultant, and author
- Michael Sitarzewski - Senior Fellow at the DaVinci Institute – President HyperSites – CEO Callisto.fm
- Leif Smith - Founder - Pattern Research
- Diana Smith - President - Colorado Enterprise Fund
- Rob Smith - Executive Director/Co-Founder Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute
- Chris Snelgrove - Co-owner of DarkFire Productions
- Mark Soane - Managing Director Appian Ventures
- Marc Sotkin - Host at Boomer Alley Radio
- Steve Spangler - Founder and CEO of Steve Spangler Science
- Rod Stambaugh - Mobile Payment Visionary, Founder of Mocapay
- Jane Stanfield - Volunteer Vacation Expert
- Colleen Stanley - Founder and president of SalesLeadership, Inc.
- Susan Sterett - Professor of political science at the University of Denver
- Doug Stevenson - Professional speaker, speaking coach, and author
- Robert L. Stoll - USPTO Commissioner for Patents
- Karen Storsteen - Founder of Performance By Design, LLC
- Richard Stucky - Curator of Paleoecology and Evolution at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
- Dan Sturges - Inventor of GEM Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV)
- Bill Swails - Chief Designer & COO of EarthRoamer
- Jacque Swartz - Co-founded the TBD Consulting Group
- Theresa Szczurek - Co-founder - Radish Communications Systems
- Sridhar Talanki - President of Pandit View Software LLC
- Tom Tancredo - Five term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Colorado's 6th congressional district
- Charles Tappan - Strategy Deployment
- Philip & Mikela Tarlow - Authors of "Digital Aboriginal" and "Navigating the Future"
- Allison Taylor - Business Consultant
- Dave Taylor - Senior Fellow at the DaVinci Institute; Blogger, Speaker, Workshop Facilitator and Radio Host
- Laurie Taylor - Co-founder - Origin Institute
- Nick Taylor - DarkFire ePublishing Director
- Bob Thilmont - Over 25 years of business development experience in industrial and automotive industries.
- Scott Tibbitts - Founder and former CEO Starsys Research Corporation, Vice Chairman eSpace: The Center for Space Entrepreneurship
- Alex Tiller - President and Founder of Artist Rendering, Inc.
- Robert Tipton - Chief Transformation Accelerator and Change Management Pro
- Roger Toennis - CEO and Founder of Liquid Media LLC
- David Tolson - Founder and CEO of CapitalValue
- Dale Traxler - Owner and president of Beaded Impressions
- Randolph Treece - Operations, Research & Development, Management Consulting and Funding (SBIR's) in Seed Stage Technology Companies
- Richard Truly - Director of the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
- Brian Tsuchiya - Founder of Startup Guru
- James Turner - Founder and President of OptiBike, LLC
- Caroline Turner - Principal in The AthenA Group LLC
- Diana Urbine - QVC Expert & On-Air Personality
- John Vachalek - CEO of Webolutions Inc.
- Andrea Vahl - Social Media Coach, Speaker and Strategist
- John VanderHorst - Certified Personal and Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC)
- Christian Vanek - CEO and Co-founder of SurveyGizmo
- Gregg Vanourek - Founding partner of New Mountain Ventures and co-author of "Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives"
- Eli Vega - Photo Artist
- Austin Veith - Co-founder of TravelFli
- Bert Vermeulen - Senior Fellow at the DaVinci Institute, and the Founder of Corp21
- Brian Vicente - Partner at Vicente Consulting and Executive Director of Sensible Colorado
- Mary Beth Vitale - CoBiz - Audit Committee Chair, Board Member and Eye-Ris - Finance Chair
- Curtis Vock - Special Counsel for Lathrop & Gage
- Brian Vogt - Director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade
- Purnima Voria - Founder/CEO of the National US INDIA Chamber of Commerce
- Jay S. Walker - Founder of Priceline.com
- Byron Walker - Clickbank Super Affiliate
- Lyle Wallace - Attorney for the firm of Minor & Brown
- Joel Wampler - Founding Systems Architect for Standing Cloud, Inc.
- Chris Wand - Principal at Mobius Venture Capital
- Jeff Wang - President of Poetica LLC
- Michael Ward - Founder and CEO, Net-Results
- Christie Ward - Principal of The Impact Institute
- Bob Warden - Director of Worldwide Business Development - Echelon Corporation
- Kevin Warwick - Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, England
- Pam Watson-Korbel - Founder SmartGrowth, Inc.
- Phil Watts - Chief Scientist and President at Photonicfuel
- David Wechsler - Former VP - Steiner & Associates
- Lavinia Weissman - Founder, The Story of Meaningful Use
- Alex Welch - Co-Founder and CEO of Photobucket
- Kevin Weller - Software Architect and Web Developer
- Colin Wells - Co-founder of Freshies - All Natural Cocktail Drink Mix
- Julian West - President, Ideas of the Mind
- Neil Westergaard - Editor of the Denver Business Journal
- Casey Whisenhunt - Branch President for Valley Bank and Trust
- Robert White - Chairman and CEO - Extraordinary People LLC
- George Whitesides - The National Space Society
- Wayne Wiemerslage - Owner of the Wiemerslage Law Offices
- Betsy Wiersma - Founder of Wiersma Experience Marketing
- Heather Wiester - Serves as a Principal in the Denver office for JobPlex, Inc., a subsidiary of DHR International
- Rita Wilhelm - Founder and CEO of 30 Second Media, LLC and also co-founder and president of SnapMonkey, Inc.
- Rick Wilking - Freelance Photographer, primarily working for Reuters Newspictures
- Gary Williams - Certified Business Intermediary
- Tracy Laswell Williams - Recruiter, certified job and career-transition coach, and an accredited, award-winning, nationally published resume writer
- Bob Williams - Pilot, Inventor, and Entrepreneur
- Tim Williams - Serial Entrepreneur and Designer
- Mark Willis - Director of the Wyoming Business Council
- David Wolf - Founding General Partner of Wolf Ventures
- Tommi Wolfe - The Startup Expert
- Tim Wolters - Founder of Roundpegg
- Sherman Woo - CTO for GVLabs
- Luke Wyckoff - Chief Visionary Officer at Social Media Energy
- James Yeager - Minerals Exploration Geologist / Geochemist
- Myrna Yoo - Owner of Blueline Publishing LLC
- Rasch Young - 2010 DaVinci Software Product of the Year Award Winner - Founder of Hybir, Inc.
- Michael Zabinski - Co-Founder of Contact Center Content, LLC
- Eric Zeitlin - Product Designer and Lead Consultant at the Boulder Small Business Development Center
- Robert Zubrin - President of Pioneer Astronautics, President of the Mars Society, and author of the book Energy Victory