Kelly Brough, CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post)
The leaders of two chambers of commerce along with attorney Ted Trimpa are among those who will be honored Aug. 22 by One Colorado, the state’s largest advocacy organization for gay and transgender rights.
Trimpa is receiving , which prompted former state Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald to say: “I certainly believe he deserves a lifetime achievement award — although he is pretty young– because he is one of those people who makes government work.”
Diedra Garcia, president and CEO of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Denver. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post)
The event is being held at the Four Seasons Hotel.
Awards are being given to:
Kelly Brough, president and CEO .
Deidra Garcia, president and CEO of the .
Marty Chernoff, who helped co-found Tracks nightclub and the Exdo Center
Rosemary Harris Lytle, president of the Colorado/Montana/Wyoming chapter of the NAACP.
In addition, One Colorado will hand out the People’s Choice to one of three finalists.
Don Young and Alise Curry, Longmont: They are the parents of Evan Young, .”‹ ”‹Evan was not allowed to give his graduation speech when the principal found”‹ ”‹out”‹ t”‹hat Evan would be coming out in it”‹ ”‹–”‹ ”‹his principal then outed him to his parents.
Anton Schulzski of Colorado Springs: He’s a member of the Pikes Peak Safe School Coalition, sponsor of the Gay-Straight-Trans-Alliance at William J. Palmer High School and chair of the board of directors for Inside/Out Youth Services. After students approached him to sponsor a GSA at Palmer High School”‹, ”‹he found that School District 11 would not recognize the Alliance as an official club. After a successful lawsuit against the district, the now Gay-Straight-Trans Alliance is an official student group.
Dr. David Svaldi of Alamosa: He became the president at Adams State University in Alamosa in 2006, and retired at the end of the 2014-2015 school year. Svaldi spearheaded the adoption of a new institutional mission statement that formalized the university’s commitment to inclusive excellence, and has demonstrated firm support for the LGBTQ+ Faculty and Staff Affinity Group that formed last year.
