About Bruce DeBoskey, Philanthropic Strategist

For more than 35 years, Bruce DeBoskey has been dedicated to community building and social change through his professional and volunteer work. It is with that mission and commitment that he founded The DeBoskey Group, helping individuals and families, businesses, and foundations organize, strategize and maximize the impact of their philanthropic initiatives.

Bruce writes a regular monthly column "On Philanthropy" which is published in the Sunday Denver Post Business Section.  His  columns can be read on the "Media" page of his website.

Bruce previously served as the Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League's Mountain States Region, directing the regional civil/human rights initiatives of this national nonprofit organization. As Director, he led an 11 person staff and a 100+ member Board of Directors and its 20+ committees.

Prior to joining ADL in 2002, Bruce was a shareholder in Silver & DeBoskey, P.C., a 30-person Denver law firm specializing in dispute resolution of complex civil matters. His areas of trial practice included discrimination, civil rights, professional liability, environmental torts, personal injury, employment disputes and business litigation.

Bruce holds a B.A. from Indiana University in Political Science and Environmental Studies. He received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center. Following law school, Bruce clerked for the Honorable Richard Matsch, U.S. District Judge for the District of Colorado. He is married and the father of four sons.

Bruce is a Teaching Fellow for Boston College's Center on Corporate Citizenship and is presently teaching "Corporate Giving: A 21st Century Approach" in workshops around the country.

Bruce is a "Certified 21/64 Trainer" having received specialized training in how to engage the next generation of philanthropists from 21/64, formerly a division of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, in New York. He also has attained a Certificate in Corporate Community Involvement from Boston College's Center for Corporate Citizenship.

He currently serves as the Co-Dean of Philanthropy for the Purposeful Planning Institute, Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Colorado Philanthropic Advisors Network (CPAN), and a member of the Rose Medical Center Advisory Board.