Tuesday, February 3rd
Wellington Webb spent 12 years as the leader of Denver's Mile High City, and helped drag it out
of the economic doldrums of 1991 to an investment of $7 billion in infrastructure when he left
office in 2003.
In October 2003, he founded Webb Group International. The firm works with businesses and
cities on economic development projects, public relations and other consulting areas. His clients
include United Healthcare; Lehman Brothers, Inc. of New York; Forest City Enterprises of
Cleveland, Ohio; the National Education Association of Washington, D.C.; SMG of Philadelphia;
Faulkner USA of Austin, Texas; and the cities of Macon, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama.
He is the managing director of Webb Development Group, a mixed use real estate development
firm, and board member of Alliance Development Partners Incorporated, a real estate
development firm.
Wellington Webb serves on the board of directors of Maximus Corporation, Maldef (Mexican
American Legal Defense Fund) and is the President & CEO of the Colorado Black Chamber of
Commerce. He also serves on the advisory board for U.S. Bank. He is a member of the Denver
Rotary, a 33rd Degree Mason and a member of Kappa Alpha Psi and Sigma Pi Phi fraternities.
As a statesman, Webb hosted Pope John Paul II and nearly 200,000 people worldwide for World
Youth Day in 1993. Four years later, he welcomed President Clinton and eight world leaders at
the Denver Summit of the Eight, the annual local economic summit. His numerous recognitions
include, the U.S. Conference of Mayors highest honor, the Distinguished Public Service award in
2003; The Americans for the Arts 2001 Government Leadership in the Arts; The National
Wildlife Federation's 1999 Achievement Award; The National Trust for Historic Preservation's
''Outstanding Achievement in Public Policy'' award; and by the country of France the Chevalier
de la Legion d'Honneur (Chevalier of the Legion Honor) in 1999. Webb is the only Mayor in U.S.
history to serve as President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, President of the National
Conference of Mayors, and President of the National Conference of Democratic Mayors.
Prior to being elected mayor, he was served in the Colorado State Legislature; was appointed a
Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under President Jimmy
Carter; was appointed Executive Director of Colorado's Department of Regulatory Agencies
under Governor Richard Lamm; and was elected Denver's city Auditor. Wellington Webb is
married to former six-term State Representative Wilma J. Webb and they have four grown
children; Keith, Stephanie, Anthony and Allen.