Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to speak at business forum Wednesday
Gov. Jared Polis is headlining a forum on affordability, safety and prosperity on Wednesday in Denver.
The forum, organized by the Colorado Business Roundtable, will take place at 11 a.m. at the Denver Art Museum.
The governor was also the main attraction at the group’s State of the State event last year.
The other panelists are Stephanie Piko, mayor of Centennial; Dave Schunk, president and CEO of Volunteers of America-Colorado; Phil Washington, CEO of the Denver International Airport; and, Kim McHugh, vice president for the Rockies Business Unit at Chevron.
The Colorado Business Roundtable, whose members include executives from some of Colorado’s largest employers, strive to promote policies that strengthen the state’s economic climate. The group is the state affiliate of the Washington, D.C.-based Business Roundtable.
To register for the event, click this link: https://cobrt.zohobackstage.com/StateoftheState2024.
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