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Managing Director of Commercial Banking at Wintrust Bank, where he builds and leads the Denver commercial banking team and works with private equity firms, mid-market operating companies, and nonprofits. Previously held senior commercial banking roles at UMB Bank, Zions Bancorp, and BBVA Compass. He has chaired the Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce since 2016 and the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network since 2021, and was appointed by Governor Polis to the state's Small Business Recovery Oversight Board and by Mayor Johnston to the Denver Public Library Commission.

CEO of the Sims-Fayola Foundation, focused on life outcomes for young men and boys of color and on strengthening the professionals who work with them, reaching more than 12,000 young men and coaching over 5,500 professionals nationally. His 24-year education career began as a high school substitute and moved through teaching, technology coordination, and principalships at both traditional and charter schools. He has founded three charter schools across Arkansas, Colorado, and Louisiana and authored three books.

An international business executive and former Air Force officer with more than 30 years across industries. Since 2014 he has led Strategy Oriented LLP, a consulting and investment firm focused on organizational development. Previously an executive at Lockheed Martin building programs from mobile applications through networked supercomputing, arriving there from AT&T, where he developed the company's first professional services practice. He holds degrees from the US Air Force Academy, the University of Maryland, Georgetown, and a Doctorate of Management from Case Western Reserve. Born in Taiwan, raised in the Netherlands, and multilingual.