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Very Important People

VIP New Faces: Lior Lapid

Lapid was born in Jerusalem in 1982. He moved to New Mexico in 1990 and returned to Israel in 1997 to teach chess to disadvantaged children in Kfar Saba. Lior earned a...

VIP New Faces: Loren Knaster

Knaster is a fourth-generation Denverite, as is his wife Laura. He earned a BA in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University and an MA in conflict resolution from DU....

VIP New Faces: Neta Meltzer

Meltzer is the director of strategic communications for Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains. She was born in Tel Aviv, grew up near Kansas City and studied...

VIP New Faces: Josh Hammer

is your age? 31 years old. How did you come to Colorado? I am originally from the New York suburbs, but have lived all over since then. I went to college in North...

VIP New Faces: Danielle Jurinsky

an extended stint in the US Air Force, Danielle Jurinsky returned to her native Colorado to become a businesswoman and real estate entrepreneur. She owns and operates...

VIP New Faces: Ian Solow-Niederman

regional director of Rocky Mountain BBYO, Ian Solow-Niederman, 27, was busy this past year with hosting the 2019 BBYO International Convention, which was held in Denver,...

VIP New Faces: Rebecca Otis Leder

relationships and making connections — in both personal and professional contexts — is what Rebecca Otis Leder is all about. Her varied and eclectic — and very...

VIP New Faces: Hirsch Neustein

Neustein, 34, is a real estate attorney at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. He moved to Denver in 2016. He studied finance at George Washington University, holds a...

As he retires, Neal Price reflects on a half century of service

Price may be the current longest-serving synagogue executive director in North America. But that distinction will shift on Nov. 30, when Price retires after 38 years as...

VIP New Faces: Lisa Berdie

Berdie grew up in Golden, earned a BA in international development studies from Brown University and returned to Denver about five years ago to be with her family. Her...