Scott Laband

President, Colorado Succeeds

At Colorado Succeeds, Laband works to unite business leaders who are committed to enhancing the state’s education and workforce systems. He has been shaping education policies and programs in Colorado for nearly two decades and enjoys sharing learnings nationally. Laband serves on the board of the Policy Innovators in Education (PIE) Network and the Business & Education Alliance. He is a founding board member of Rocky Mountain Prep, a charter school network in the Denver metro area. Laband also participates in the Colorado Workforce Development Council’s Education & Training Committee and served on Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s Task Force on Educational Agility and Gov. Jared Polis’ Task Force on Student Success & Workforce Revitalization. He is a graduate of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder and earned a master’s in education, leadership and organizational change at the University of Denver.