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Broomfield Enterprise/Business Monthly
A Broomfield Enterprise Special Report
Jan. 3, 2001 (Pages C3 - C4)

Business Personalities
Those who shaped Broomfield business in 2000

The editorial staff at the Broomfield Enterprise has chosen the following five people as the most influential business people
in Broomfield over the past year. From starting a huge shopping center to owning a small Broomfield business, these people
have greatly affected the business community in Broomfield over the last year. They are listed in alphabetical order.

* Janet Beaudry , senior marketing director for FlatIron Crossing mall
* Don Dunshee, president and CEO of the Broomfield Economic Development Corp.
* Jerry Lucas and Gurpreet Deol-Lucas, owners of the Eye Gallery
* Amy and Scott Ritger, former owners of the Savage Bean
* David Ward, developer of N.I.C.E.

Not every business success story is about making a big profit or experiencing big growth. Broomfield resident David Ward is
in the business of helping people get back on their feet.

As a boy, Ward was able to travel twice around the world with his father. Those experiences exposed him to the gap between
the rich and the poor. He has spent the majority of his adult life attempting to bridge that gap. After serving 22 years with the
Jesuit Order helping the youth and the homeless, tending 280 acres at the Sacred Heart Retreat House in Sedalia for seven
years and studying and teaching for many years, Ward still heard the calling to do more.

"I saw a need and wanted to respond," Ward said.

In April 1998 Ward started the non-profit Network of Interfaith Compassionate Entrepreneurs Corp. The nonprofit aims
specifically to get businesses and individuals involved in the lives of the less fortunate throughout the Denver area. In
January 1999, N.I.C.E. received official nonprofit status and Ward started working full-time.

"We're the hub of the wheel where everybody gets things rolling," Ward said.

And things have been rolling indeed. As N.I.C.E. approaches its one-year anniversary, Ward is busier than ever.

"I am extremely pleased with how things are going. I'm absolutely beside myself," he said.

Ward runs Metro Massage for the Multitudes, a massage program for homeless in Denver. Ward believes the foot and body
massages help people recover from attacks and promote relaxation.

N.I.C.E. also helped start the Brothers and Sisters Repair, which gets inner-city youth and others involved with home and
neighborhood repair projects. Ward's wife, Sallie Robinson Ward, is a major part of N.I.C.E. Sallie's strength and vision to
help the youth have inspired many of N.I.C.E.'s programs. With a doctorate in psychology, she hopes to develop more
programs to help at-risk youth.

"She's huge," Ward said.

One new project is Operation WARMTH. The name stands for Warming All Rightfully Magnificent and Tender Hearts.
Partnering with Frontline Homeless Services, N.I.C.E. is collecting blankets, socks, hats, gloves, scarves and sweaters to
distribute to the homeless.

"I first needed to spend a lot of time with the homeless to find out what they wanted," Ward said. "As I did that, I started
new programs."

Although he is extremely busy and makes about $4 and hour, Ward said he can't imagine doing anything else. He hopes
N.I.C.E. will grow this year and reach more people.

"It's been working so far. It's been thin, but somehow it's been working."