David Worley is Senior Vice President at Denver South. He joined the team on February 27th and will be working primarily with our economic development and marketing efforts.

Prior to Denver South, Worley led a variety of business units in higher education. Most recently he was the Executive Director of Executive Education at the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. In that role he contributed to helping address the most pressing learning and development needs of businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies across the region. Before DU, he had directed the enrollment and fundraising units of the Iliff School of Theology. Prior to higher ed he worked as a consulting civil engineer in New York where he was the lead designer on a variety of land development projects in the north central suburban NYC metroplex.

Worley holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering (South Dakota Mines), a M.A. in Transformational Leadership (Bethel University), and a multi-disciplinary PhD (University of Denver) where he focused on monetary economics, cultural studies, and leadership. He is well regarded for his research and teaching on organizational development and sense making in complex environments.

Worley was raised on a farm in southeastern Colorado (Swink/La Junta). He enjoys the outdoors, tennis, gravel cycling, and his family and friends.