Signature
08 Oct · 2026
The Assembly — 139th Annual Meeting
One night, 1,400 members, the year's ledger read aloud, and the next agenda put to the room. Black tie optional; opinions mandatory.
Colorado Convention Center — Ballroom A
Reserve a tableThe Denver Board of Commerce — Est. 1887
Denver’s economy
has a headquarters.
A seat in the room for the businesses that move this city.
2,412 member companies · 318,000 jobs
Metro GDP, indexed 2016–2026
20162026
2016 = 100
View all eleven years
| Year | GDP index |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 100 |
| 2017 | 104 |
| 2018 | 109 |
| 2019 | 114 |
| 2020 | 103 |
| 2021 | 112 |
| 2022 | 124 |
| 2023 | 131 |
| 2024 | 138 |
| 2025 | 147 |
| 2026 | 155 |
2,412
Member companies
318,000
Colorado jobs represented
$41.2B
Member payroll, annual
139
Years at the table
The 2026 agenda
The agenda, made visible.
Member priorities, their status and the work still ahead.
14Positions filed
9Now law
01Transit that shows upIn committee
Fund the next rail decade before the last one ages out.
41 min — avg. member commute
02Homes for the workforceOn the ballot
45,000 new units by 2030, permitted where the jobs are.
45,000 units
03The 90-day permitWon 2025
One citywide clock for commercial permits. It passed.
312 → 90 days
04Refill the coreIn progress
Office-to-residential conversion, pre-approved downtown.
3.1M sq ft eligible
05Nonstop to the worldWon 2025
Back new international routes out of DEN with route guarantees.
4 new routes
The directory
Find your peers.
Explore twenty-four businesses from the member directory.
The full directory ships with membership. These twenty-four agreed to be the sample.
2ndAerospace
Largest US aerospace economy per capita
$9.4BEnergy & climate
Annual clean-tech investment, metro
62,000Health & life science
Metro life-science jobs
1,900Advanced manufacturing
Metro manufacturers
$12BOutdoor & tourism
Annual visitor economy
38%Tech & finance
Job growth since 2016
The calendar
Where the room convenes.
Briefings, conversations and the annual assembly.
7 events shown
05Aug
12Aug
14Aug
20Aug
26Aug
09Sep
Governance
Who answers to the members.
Four officers, elected each spring. Chosen by ballot to serve two years.
Marcus Hale
Chair · CEO, Meridian West Bank
Marisol Vega
Vice Chair · President, Altavia Health
Kate Lindqvist
Treasurer · CFO, Rockline Energy
Sofia Delgado
Secretary · Managing Partner, Delgado & Cruz LLP