Now that the dust is settling in the chamber chief competition, new CEO Kelly Brough is out and about after hours spending face time with business movers and shakers.
The first female CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce takes over the job vacated by now-CSU Chancellor Joe Blake on Sept. 18.
Between now and then, she will help transition from her job as chief of staff for Mayor John Hickenlooper and assist the new chief if Hick has picked her successor.
Public-policy princess (actually, she’s queen) Maria Garcia Berry had Brough (as in rough) in tow Friday as they stopped by events to meet and greet. I ran into the two titans at LoHi Steak Bar.
I told Brough I was surprised she got the job because in the end, it came down to her and Tom Clark, a longtime economic-development guru and the chamber’s executive vice president. She didn’t disagree but said she was looking forward to running the 3,000-member chamber.
“Whenever people ask me, ‘Why’d you apply for the chamber job?’ I tell them, ‘Because I’ll have my own shower,’ ” she said, laughing. Brough is a 150-mile-per-week bicycle rider on an 18 1/2-pound road bike.
She said she’s not tired of the media attention now that she has been named chamber chief, but she is sick of seeing her age in every single story. One more time: She’s 45.
When the wonder women were last seen Friday night, they were off to the Rockies game.
To a speedy recovery.
Longtime Denver lawyer Dan Hoffman is in the neuro ICU at the University of Colorado Hospital Anschutz Medical Campus recovering from a stroke Aug. 4.
Hoffman, 78, continues to recover, and I’m told his prognosis is quite good. The Hoffman family has set up a blog to update people who have expressed concern from all over the world at danielshoffman .
The Hogan & Hartson lawyer is perhaps best known as Michael Jackson‘s defense lawyer in a 1994 copyright-infringement trial in U.S. District Court.
The multimillion-dollar lawsuit was brought by Denver songwriter Crystal Cartier, who accused the pop superstar of stealing the song “Dangerous,” a tune Cartier claimed she wrote and sent to Jackson’s record label. Hoffman won the case.
Senger’s not shut.
I told you last week that Senger’s on the Fax, a 3014 E. Colfax Ave. lunch and dinner spot, had closed. But it’s back.
Senger’s has reopened with a new name — 3014 — and a new owner — Nick O’Sullivan, one-half of the brothers behind Brothers BBQ.
David Senger, who sold his namesake eatery to O’Sullivan, is running the place, which is popular for its rooftop patio.
“Not too much has changed,” Senger said about the place under new ownership.
Why’d Senger sell?
“It’s a real long story I don’t want to get into,” he said.
Senger’s ran afoul of the city for nonpayment of taxes. The city seized the restaurant July 13. Senger’s caught up on taxes July 20, and the property was released back to the owners.
Eavesdropping.
Two women at LoHi Steak Bar talking about the weekend when one was going to a therapist and the other to a hairdresser:
“We’re both getting our heads done but in different ways.”
Penny Parker’s column appears Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Call her at 303-954-5224 or e-mail pparker@denverpost.com.
