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Former Denver Mayoral Candidate Leading Aurora’s Largest Development Project
December 18, 2024
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Kelly Brough Heads Health and Life Sciences Campus
December 10, 2024
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Fitzsimons Innovation Community Welcomes Kelly Brough as New CEO
December 10, 2024
Former Denver Mayoral Candidate Leading Aurora's Largest Development Project
News | Dec 18, 2024

Former Denver Mayoral Candidate Leading Aurora's Largest Development Project

Former Denver mayoral hopeful Kelly Brough is taking over one of Aurora's most notable development projects as the CEO of Fitzsimons Innovation Community (FIC), a life sciences research campus crowning the north end of the city. Mayor Mike Coffman expects the Fitzsimons complex to be one of the main economic engines for Aurora once development is done for its housing, research and commercial properties.

Kelly Brough Heads Health and Life Sciences Campus
News | Dec 10, 2024

Kelly Brough Heads Health and Life Sciences Campus

Fitzsimmons Innovation Community in Aurora named Kelly Brough its new CEO to lead the integrated campus of more than 80 innovative health and life sciences companies.

Denver Business Leader Tapped to Be CEO of Aurora Innovation Campus
News | Dec 10, 2024

Denver Business Leader Tapped to Be CEO of Aurora Innovation Campus

A longtime Denver-area business leader will serve as the next CEO of Fitzsimons Innovation Community in Aurora. Kelly Brough, formerly CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and a candidate for Denver mayor in 2023, will lead the life sciences campus beginning next year.

Ex-Denver Metro Chamber CEO, Denver Mayoral Candidate Brough to Lead Fitzsimons
News | Dec 10, 2024

Ex-Denver Metro Chamber CEO, Denver Mayoral Candidate Brough to Lead Fitzsimons

Kelly Brough, the former CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and a Denver mayoral candidate in 2023, will take over as CEO of Fitzsimons Innovation Community when Steve VanNurden retires at the end of the year.

Aurora's Fitzsimons plans development opportunities on 60 acres
News | Dec 06, 2024

Aurora's Fitzsimons plans development opportunities on 60 acres

Leaders of the Fitzsimons Innovation Community in Aurora are focusing their vision of what could be developed on the final 60 acres of the region's biggest life sciences campus. The plan for the undeveloped north side of the campus calls for high-density residential units to be built and features like an outdoor amphitheater and an art park, emphasizing the lifestyle elements of the campus that seeks to attract talent in the bioscience and health care industries.

From ‘Flyover State’ to Innovation Hub: Steve VanNurden’s Legacy at CU Anschutz
News | Dec 05, 2024

From ‘Flyover State’ to Innovation Hub: Steve VanNurden’s Legacy at CU Anschutz

When Steve VanNurden left the Mayo Clinic to join the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 12 years ago, Colorado was regarded as a “flyover state” in healthcare innovation. Today, it’s on the map as a recognized bioscience leader. As associate vice chancellor of biotechnology at CU Anschutz and president and CEO of the Fitzsimons Innovation Community, VanNurden helped transform the campus through CU Innovations, a program he founded to strengthen the link between groundbreaking research and commercialization to revolutionize technology transfer.

Fitzsimons Life Sciences Campus Launches Search for New Leader
News | Dec 03, 2024

Fitzsimons Life Sciences Campus Launches Search for New Leader

Fitzsimons Innovation Community CEO Steve VanNurden will retire from his role at the end of the year. VanNurden has led the Aurora-based integrated life sciences campus, which includes dozens of companies and residential communities, for 12 years. A national search is now underway to find a new campus leader.

Fitzsimons Innovation Community CEO Retiring, Biotech Campus Searching for New Leader
News | Dec 03, 2024

Fitzsimons Innovation Community CEO Retiring, Biotech Campus Searching for New Leader

Steve VanNurden, who has led the Fitzsimons Innovation Community since 2012, is retiring, and the Aurora-based life-sciences entrepreneurship campus is embarking on a national search for its new leader.

Fitzsimons Innovation Community Welcomes RefinedScience
News | Dec 03, 2024

Fitzsimons Innovation Community Welcomes RefinedScience

RefinedScience, a local biosciences company will move its headquarters to Fitzsimons Innovation Community following a new lease deal. To accelerate its path to market, RefinedScience transitioned from The Foundry, a CU Innovations incubator at Fitzsimons, to a its new move-in ready space in November.

Fitzsimons Innovation Community CEO Announces Retirement
News | Dec 02, 2024

Fitzsimons Innovation Community CEO Announces Retirement

Fitzsimons Innovation Community President and CEO Steve VanNurden will retire at the end of 2024. After nearly 35 years as a life sciences industry leader, VanNurden leaves a lasting impact on the Community, on the adjacent University of Colorado (CU) Anschutz Medical Campus where he also serves as Associate Vice Chancellor of Biotechnology, and on Colorado’s life sciences ecosystem.

Emerging Precision Medicine Firm Selects Fitzsimons as Its Colorado Headquarters
News | Nov 19, 2024

Emerging Precision Medicine Firm Selects Fitzsimons as Its Colorado Headquarters

RefinedScience, an emerging biosciences company working to transform precision drug development, has selected Fitzsimons Innovation Community in Aurora as its Colorado headquarters. RefinedScience aims to change the way data is used to improve patient outcomes. The company designs smarter clinical trials that can move previously stalled drugs through the clinical stage and on to market where they can start helping patients.

Steve VanNurden Receives CBSA Lifetime Achievement Award, Fitzsimons Wins Building Momentum Award with Hub for Health Impact Partners
News | Nov 15, 2024

Steve VanNurden Receives CBSA Lifetime Achievement Award, Fitzsimons Wins Building Momentum Award with Hub for Health Impact Partners

The Annual Colorado BioScience Association’s (CBSA) Awards Celebration honored Fitzsimons President and CEO Steve VanNurden with the CBSA Lifetime Achievement Award and recognized Fitzsimons and its Hub for Health Impact partners with the CBSA Building Momentum Award.

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