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Fitzsimons Innovation Community
At Fitzsimons Innovation Community, visionaries boldly transform science into the future of health and care. Our Community pushes boundaries in a unified pursuit of health breakthroughs.
From concept through commercialization, organizations choose Fitzsimons for its entrepreneurial environment, leading-edge facilities, and campus-wide support. Visionaries discover, develop, and collaborate with direct access to the renowned clinicians and researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
Our Community is home to more than 80 companies in every stage of idea and product development. They’re all taking advantage of the ways we cater to diversity in our five buildings with 427,000 square feet of laboratory, office, manufacturing, and distribution space. Together, we are united to advance health.
Fitzsimons Innovation Community
Kelly Jean Brough
President and CEO
Kelly Brough has worked in all three sectors (public, private, and non-profit) with specific expertise in economic development, workforce development, life sciences, healthcare, housing, public policy/regulation, and energy. She currently serves as President and CEO of Fitzsimons Innovation Community in Aurora, Colorado, a campus where innovative health and life sciences companies conduct research to cure diseases, save lives, and improve care.
Kelly served as President and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, supporting more than 3,000 members. Kelly was also Chief of Staff and Head of Human Resources to Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper with responsibility for over 12,000 employees and $2 billion in budgets.
She currently serves as a director on the boards for History Colorado, The Denver Foundation, Colorado BioScience Association, and Intermountain Health for the Peaks Region. In her career, she has served on a number of additional boards including: Delta Dental of Colorado, the US Chamber of Commerce, Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver, The Denver Zoo, and Colorado Mesa University board of trustees.
Kelly holds an MBA from the University of Colorado – Denver and a BS from Montana State University. She attended Harvard Business School programs on the Role of Directors on Public Traded Boards and Making Corporate Boards More Effective and is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and Women Corporate Directors.
At Fitzsimons Innovation Community, we’ve created a dynamic hub where innovators, entrepreneurs, medical experts, and researchers collaborate to transform health and save lives.
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