mark smith
Mark Smith has 50 years of experience in real estate development, sales, and marketing. He is a Founding Principal and Managing Partner of Slifer Smith and Frampton and was a founding principal of both East West Partners and Union Station Neighborhood Company.
Smith is most proud of the significant contributions he has made to his community by being the founder of highly impactful organizations, including Youth Foundation (now Youth Power 365), Platte Forum, and Riverfront Park Community Foundation.
Smith’s community involvement extends to the board room as well, with current board affiliations with Colorado Forum, First Western Financial, Forbes Global Properties, Riverfront Park Community Foundation, Slifer Smith and Frampton Foundation, and Chief Executives Organization. He has served as chairman of the Beaver Creek Metropolitan District, Bravo Colorado Vail Valley Music Festival, Central Platte Valley Metropolitan District, and Downtown Denver Youth Foundation. Mr. Smith also served as a director of numerous youth and education-focused organizations, including Denver Public Schools Foundation, YPO Rocky Mountain Chapter, Teach for America Colorado, Colorado Succeeds, Mayor’s Leadership Team on Early Education, Colorado Uplift, and the Charter Fund, among many others.
Colorado’s business community has also benefited from Mr. Smith’s real estate development contributions, including development in Vail, Beaver Creek, Bachelor Gulch, Breckenridge, and Keystone Resorts, Riverfront Park in Denver, and Union Station in downtown Denver. His leadership and vision in the master planning and development of both Riverfront Park and Union Station communities were acknowledged by receiving the Urban Land Institute Global Award for Excellence.
Smith was also named Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Rocky Mountain Region in 2001, the first-ever Friend of the River award from the Greenway Foundation in 2011, and Colorado Business Magazine CEO of the Year award in 2014.
Smith is most proud of the significant contributions he has made to his community by being the founder of highly impactful organizations, including Youth Foundation (now Youth Power 365), Platte Forum, and Riverfront Park Community Foundation.
Smith’s community involvement extends to the board room as well, with current board affiliations with Colorado Forum, First Western Financial, Forbes Global Properties, Riverfront Park Community Foundation, Slifer Smith and Frampton Foundation, and Chief Executives Organization. He has served as chairman of the Beaver Creek Metropolitan District, Bravo Colorado Vail Valley Music Festival, Central Platte Valley Metropolitan District, and Downtown Denver Youth Foundation. Mr. Smith also served as a director of numerous youth and education-focused organizations, including Denver Public Schools Foundation, YPO Rocky Mountain Chapter, Teach for America Colorado, Colorado Succeeds, Mayor’s Leadership Team on Early Education, Colorado Uplift, and the Charter Fund, among many others.
Colorado’s business community has also benefited from Mr. Smith’s real estate development contributions, including development in Vail, Beaver Creek, Bachelor Gulch, Breckenridge, and Keystone Resorts, Riverfront Park in Denver, and Union Station in downtown Denver. His leadership and vision in the master planning and development of both Riverfront Park and Union Station communities were acknowledged by receiving the Urban Land Institute Global Award for Excellence.
Smith was also named Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Rocky Mountain Region in 2001, the first-ever Friend of the River award from the Greenway Foundation in 2011, and Colorado Business Magazine CEO of the Year award in 2014.