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Denver-Area Public-Sector Employers
Ranked by number of Colorado employees
5
Jefferson County Public Schools1
6
City & County of Denver
7
Aurora Public Schools
7
Denver Health
9
10
Adams 12 Five Star Schools
11
12
Jefferson County
13
Regional Transportation District (RTD)
14
15
Arapahoe County
16
Adams County
17
18
Littleton Public Schools
19
Denver Water Department
20
City of Lakewood
21
Anythink / Rangeview Library District
1800 Grant St., Suite 800
Denver, Colo. 80203
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12
14
13
15
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$921.8
$930.7
Cynthia Stevenson, superintendent
10,890
$1,490.0
$2,100.8
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City of Aurora
15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Aurora, Colo. 80012
303-739-7000
www.auroragov.org
1600 Blake St., Denver, Colo. 80202
303-299-6000
www.rtd-denver.com
5334 S. Prince St., Littleton, Colo. 80120
303-795-4482
www.arapahoegov.com
Boulder County
2025 14th St., P.O. Box 471
Boulder, Colo. 80302
4430 S. Adams County Parkway, Brighton, Colo. 80601
303-441-3508
www.bouldercounty.org
720-523-2120
www.adcogov.org
5776 S. Crocker St., Littleton, Colo. 80120
303-347-3365
www.littletonpublicschools.net
City of Boulder
1777 Broadway, P.O. Box 791
Boulder, Colo. 80302
1600 W. 12th Ave., Denver, Colo. 80204
480 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood, Colo. 80226
5877 E. 120th Ave., Thornton, Colo. 80602
Source: DBJ research
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Footnote: 1. Information was obtained through website, 2012/2013
adopted budget and 2013/2014 proposed budget.
303-441-3070
www.bouldercolorado.gov
303-628-6300
www.denverwater.org
303-987-7700
www.lakewood.org
303-405-3200
www.anythinklibraries.org
$778.1
$737.8
Arthur Gonzalez, CEO
$279.2
$270.3
Christopher E. Gdowski, superintendent
$337.1
$351.1
Bruce Messinger, superintendent (superintendent@bvsd.org)
2,820
$382.9
$378.2
Faye Griffin, Donald Rosier, Casey Tighe, county commissioners
2,584
$456.9
$447.8
Stephen Hogan, mayor (shogan@auroragov.org)
2,400
$434.6
$434.6
Phillip A. Washington, general manager
(phil.washington@rtd-denver.com)
1,963
$327.0
$332.0
Rod Bockenfeld, chairman, board of county commissioners
(commissioners@arapahoegov.com)
1,900
$319.6
$321.7
Cindy Domenico, chairman, board of county commissioners
1,873
$413.9
$447.9
Eric Hansen (ehansen@adcogov.org), Eva Henry (ehenry@adcogov.
org), Chaz Tedesco (ctedesco@adcogov.org), county commissioners
1,847
$170.1
$161.4
Scott D. Murphy, superintendent (smurphy@lps.k12.co.us)
1,400
$231.0
$231.0
Jane S. Brautigam, city manager (brautigamj@bouldercolorado.gov)
1,081
$350.0
$350.0
James S. Lochhead, CEO, manager
950
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Bob Murphy, mayor (bmurphy@lakewood.org)
144
$13.6
$12.7
Pam Sandlian Smith, library director (psmith@anythinklibraries.org)
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5,600
24
5,169
58
4,133
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303-279-6511
www.jeffco.us
Michael B. Hancock, mayor
John L. Barry, superintendent (jlbarry@aps.k12.co.us)
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5,616
303-447-1010
www.bvsd.org
100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, Colo. 80419
nr- Not ranked last year.
12,000
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6500 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, Colo. 80303
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Boulder Valley School District RE-2
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Tom Boasberg, superintendent (superintendent@dpsk12.org)
720-972-4000
www.adams12.org
an
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1500 E. 128th Ave., Thornton, Colo. 80241
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$744.1
$723.7
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303-436-6000
www.denverhealth.org
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14,489
303-365-7805
www.aurorak12.org
777 Bannock St., Denver, Colo. 80204
6
Bruce Benson, president (officeofthepresident@cu.edu)
720-913-5627
www.denvergov.org
15701 E. First Ave., Suite 213
Aurora, Colo. 80011
8
$2,838.0
$2,815.7
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303-982-6500
www.jeffcopublicschools.org
201 W. Colfax Ave., Dept. 412
Denver, Colo. 80202
5
17,356
720-423-3300
www.dpsk12.org
1829 Denver West Drive, Building 27
Golden, Colo. 80401
nr
John W. Hickenlooper, governor
303-860-5600
www.cu.edu
900 Grant St., Denver, Colo. 80203
4
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$1,645.0
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Denver Public Schools
University of Colorado System
3
33,000
303-866-5652
www.colorado.gov/dpa
Barack Obama, president
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1313 Sherman St., Room 122
Denver, Colo. 80203
2
$3,800,000.0
$3,700,000.0
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State of Colorado
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40,213
303-236-8550
www.opm.gov
Top official
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Office of Personnel Management, Denver, Colo. 80225
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U.S. Government
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Special note: Adams County School District No. 50, ranked No. 16 on last
year’s list, did not provide information for this year’s list.
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Ranked by number of Colorado employees
Top local executive
—
Owner (ticker symbol) / Headquarters
discount, pharmacies, gasoline, grocery retailer
David Smith, regional manager
—
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) / Bentonville, Ark.
16,200
174
$2,600.0
nonprofit health system
Gary Campbell, president, CEO
—
Catholic Health Initiatives/Adventist Health
System / Englewood and Altamonte Springs, Fla.
11,942
11,950
wnd
$10,128.2
utility providing electricity and natural gas
services
David L. Eves, president, CEO, Public Serivce Co. of
Colorado, an Xcel Energy Co.
—
Xcel Energy Inc. (XEL) / Minneapolis, Minn.
10,200
166,300
55
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hospitals, stand-alone ambulatory surgery
centers, medical imaging, free-standing
emergency departments, radiation oncology,
occupational medicine and rehabilitation clinics
Richard M. Bracken, chairman, CEO
—
HCA-HealthOne LLC (HCA) / Nashville, Tenn.
8,869
171,000
1,641
$44,200.0
grocery stores
Al Duran, president
—
Safeway Inc. (SWY) / Pleasanton, Calif.
8,868
14,342
14
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7
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CenturyLink Inc.
6,960
47,500
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$18,400.0
telecommunications, high-speed Internet, data,
video and voice services
6,620
265,000
9,000
$86,100.0
financial services company that provides
banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and
consumer and commercial finance
Michael L. Matthews, Metro Denver market
president (michael.l.matthews@wellsfargo.com)
—
Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) / San Francisco, Calif.
9
University of Denver
6,012
6,012
1
wnd
higher education
Robert D. Coombe, chancellor (chancellor@
du.edu)
—
Colorado Seminary / Denver
10
Comcast Corp.
6,000
126,000
wnd
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11
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado
6,000
wnd
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12
UPS
4,664
399,000
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13
FedEx Corp.
14
Children’s Hospital Colorado
15
16
Ball Corp.
17
18
Level 3 Communications Inc.
19
Lowe’s
20
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co.
21
AT&T Services
22
CH2M Hill
23
FirstBank Holding Co.
24
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
25
American Furniture Warehouse
nr
11
nr
12
14
15
nr
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22
16
17
18
nr
21
20
303-843-7600
www.safeway.com
139
SCL Health System
2420 W. 26th Ave., Suite 100-D
303-813-5190
Denver, Colo. 80211
www.sclhealthsystem.org
700 W. Mineral Ave., Littleton, Colo. 80120
303-992-1400
www.centurylink.com
Wells Fargo
1740 Broadway, Denver, Colo. 80274
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800-869-3557
www.wellsfargo.com
2199 S. University Blvd., Denver, Colo. 80208
240
303-871-2000
www.du.edu
8000 E. Iliff Ave., Denver, Colo. 80231
1
303-930-2125
www.comcast.com
10350 E. Dakota Ave., Denver, Colo. 80247
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303-344-7200
www.kaiserpermanente.org
5020 Ivy St., Commerce City, Colo. 80022
13123 E. 16th Ave., Aurora, Colo. 80045
10 Longs Peak Drive, P.O. Box 5000
Broomfield, Colo. 80021
U.S. Bank
950 17th St., Denver, Colo. 80202
303-585-8585
www.usbank.com
1025 Eldorado Blvd., Building 2000
Broomfield, Colo. 80021
Frontier Airlines Inc.
7001 Tower Road, Denver, Colo. 80249
720-888-1000
www.level3.com
720-374-4200
www.flyfrontier.com
1000 Lowe’s Blvd, Mooresville, N.C. 28117
8515 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village, Colo. 80111
2535 E. 40th Ave., B1223
Denver, Colo. 80205
9191 S. Jamaica St., Englewood, Colo. 80112
12345 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood, Colo. 80215
704-757-9210
www.lowes.com
303-737-3000
www.greatwest.com
303-294-6009
www.att.com
303-771-0900
www.ch2mhill.com
303-232-3000
www.efirstbank.com
700 Broadway, Denver, Colo. 80273
8820 American Way, Englewood, Colo. 80112
303-831-2005
www.anthem.com
303-799-9044
www.afwonline.com
Source: DBJ research
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Special note: King Soopers Inc., Lockheed Martin Space Systems Col., Albertson’s
Rich Jennings, senior regional vice president
(rich_jennings@cable.comcast.com)
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Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) / Philadelphia, Pa.
Craig Wiltz, president, UPS Desert Mountain
District
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United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) / Atlanta, Ga.
provides customers and businesses with
transportation, e-commerce and business
services
Frederick W. Smith, chairman
—
FedEx Corp. (FDX) / Memphis, Tenn.
4,006
17
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pediatric hospital network devoted to the health
and well-being of children
James E. Shmerling, president, CEO
—
Children’s Hospital Colorado / Aurora
15,000
85
$8,700.0
packaging for beverage, food and household
products; aerospace and other technologies and
services
John A. Hayes, president, CEO, director
—
Ball Corp. (BLL) / Broomfield
62,283
3,084
$20,288.0
financial services company
Hassan Salem, president, U.S. Bank Colorado
(hassan.salem@usbank.com)
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U.S. Bancorp. (USB) / Minneapolis, Minn.
2,609
10,800
wnd
$6,376.0
provider of telecommunication services,
delivering data, voice, video and managed
solutions
Jeff Storey, CEO, president
—
Level 3 Communications Inc. (LVLT) / Broomfield
2,600
4,000
75
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airline
David Siegel, president, CEO
—
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. (RJET) / Denver
2,410
245,000
1,750
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home improvement stores
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Lowe’s Cos. Inc. (LOW) / Mooresville, N.C.
2,220
3,300
50
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provider of employer-sponsored retirement
savings plans, IRAs, life insurance, annuities,
business-owned life insurance and executive
benefits
Mitchell T.G. Graye, president, CEO
—
Great-West Lifeco Inc. / Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada
2,111
241,810
wnd
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communications holding company
Bill Soards, president, AT&T Colorado (ws2956@
att.com)
—
AT&T Inc. (T) / Dallas, Texas
2,029
28,000
wnd
$7,000.0
consulting, design, design-build, operations, and
program management for government, civil,
industrial and energy clients
Lee McIntire, chairman, CEO
—
employee owned / Englewood
2,000
2,100
117
$161.6
consumer and commercial financial institution
John Ikard, president, CEO (john.ikard@efirstbank.
com)
—
FirstBank Holding Co. / Lakewood
1,600
35,000
196
$61,711.7
health benefits provider for employers and
individuals
Mike Ramseier, president, general manager,
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Colorado
—
WellPoint / Indianapolis, Ind.
1,578
1,578
12
$352.0
retail furniture and accessories
Jake Jabs, president
—
Jake Jabs / Englewood
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4,006
17
3,300
303-469-3131
www.ball.com
Glen Post III, CEO and president, CenturyLink Inc.
—
CenturyLink Inc. (CTL) / Monroe, La.
global package delivery, freight, supply chain
logistics
4,181
720-777-1234
www.childrenscolorado.org
global media and technology company
Michael A. Slubowski, president, CEO (kayla.
arnesen@sclhs.net)
—
SCL Health System / Denver
Donna Lynne, regional president, CEO
—
Kaiser Permanente / Oakland, Calif.
wnd
901-434-8100
http://www.fedex.com
nonprofit health care organization
health care delivery system
45
303-286-6041
www.ups.com
942 S. Shady Grove Road, Memphis, Tenn. 38120
nr- Not ranked last year.
6
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6900 S. Yosemite St., Centennial, Colo. 80112
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4900 S. Monaco St., Suite 320
303-788-2500
Denver, Colo. 80237
www.healthonecares.com
2,613
159
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800-895-4999
www.xcelenergy.com
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1800 Larimer St., Denver, Colo. 80202
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Safeway Inc.
3
15,800
303-290-6500
www.centura.org
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188 Inverness Drive West, Suite 500
Englewood, Colo. 80112
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HCA-HealthOne LLC
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2,200,000
10,818
$469,162.0
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Xcel Energy
24,869
800-438-6278
www.walmartstores.com
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702 SW Eighth St., Bentonville, Ark. 72716
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Total company:
No. of employees /
offices /
2012 revenue
(in thousands)
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Business description
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No. of employees /
offices
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Phone /
Website
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2
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101
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12
300,000
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$43,000.0
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Rank /
Prior
LLC and American Blue Ribbon Holdings LLC,ranked Nos. 2, 10, 19 and 23, respectively, on last year’s list, did not provide information for this year’s list.
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