On July 1, Chris Achenbach, principal and director of construction at Zocalo Community Development, became the new chair of the executive committee for the Colorado District Council of the Urban Land Institute (ULI Colorado). He succeeded Bill Mosher, senior managing director of Trammell Crow Co. Upon completing his two-year term on June 30, Mosher stepped down from the presidency but will remain involved with preparations for the international ULI Fall Meeting to be held in Denver in October 2012.
A licensed architect as well as a Class A General Contractor, Achenbach oversees Zocalo’s design and construction. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Vermont and a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Colorado. He co-founded ULI’s Sustainable Communities Committee and has served on the Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Sustainable Building Task Force and the Denver Mayor’s Development Advisory Committee.