As Director of Onsite Development and Principal, Carla Ferreira’s inspirational leadership style guides all aspects of The Aurora Highlands development. She handles coordination between the various consulting teams from design, engineering and construction to sales & marketing.

Carla maintains close relationships with the development’s building partners, public entities and various consulting teams. She is very involved in the local, state, and global community, sitting on community boards and acting philanthropically. Carla works with the homebuilders from Richmond American Homes, Pulte Homes, Bridgewater Homes, Century Communities, D.R.Horton Homes, Tri Pointe Homes and Taylor Morrison Homes on the vision she and her father created for the Aurora Highlands.

With her background in fine arts, she will be instrumental in leading the direction of the public art component of The Aurora Highlands. The development will feature artwork throughout its 12 neighborhood parks and will give this community unique personality.

Carla works with various organizations and city and county officials to bring more homes for all income levels to the Denver-metro area.
• She sits on the Board of Directors of the Aurora Police Foundation where she works to support the operations of the Aurora Police Department.
• She sits on the Board of Directors for the Aerotropolis Area Coordinating Metropolitan District, which finances the construction of public improvements for the use and benefit of all anticipated residents of the district.
• She is a district alternate for the Aerotropolis Regional Transportation Authority.
• She is a member of Colorado Concern, a business organization made of Colorado CEOs and high-ranking members.

Carla has a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Out of college, Carla worked in the art & fashion industry. Between the ages of 18-27, she focused her career on her love of art and fashion. After 10 years in the art and fashion industry, she found a way to merge her love of art and design with her passion for philanthropy, people and cultures into designing and building communities with her father and formally joined our family business in 2017 with her successful father, Carlo Ferreira, who was behind the various developments in Houston, TX, Las Vegas, NV and now Denver, CO. Carla loves living in Colorado where she takes her dog hiking during her leisure time.