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Richard Scharf

President & · Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau

President & at Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 5 organizations on the Form 990 record.

Ambiguous identity This name matches 4 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
5
Roles reported
5
Reported compensation
$830K
Others who share this name
4

Who this is

Profile

Everything on the left is verified from the IRS filings. The biography on the right is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
Reported as President & of Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, based in Denver, CO.
Received $830K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Also listed as Director of Denver Police Foundation, uncompensated.
Also listed as Board Member of Downtown Denver INC, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Richard Scharf is President and CEO of VISIT DENVER, The Convention & Visitors Bureau, a position he has held since March 2004. Under his leadership, Denver has set tourism records with 36.3 million visitors in 2022 and $9.4 billion in tourism revenue, while VISIT DENVER won all major convention service awards for 27 consecutive years.

Compiled from public web sources (4 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

Real tenure, career, and education — from public web sources, what you need to vet a founder or leader beyond the filing window.

Tenure here
President & CEO since March 2004
Education
  • Purdue University

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau President & · $46.3M revenue · Denver, COTO BRING CONVENTIONS AND LEISURE VISITORS TO DENVER FOR THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF THE CITY, THE COMMUNITY, AND OUR PARTNERS.pay $639K → $830KFiled FY2025, FY2024, FY2023, FY2022 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$830Kreported comp
Denver Police Foundation Director · $1.8M revenue · Denver, COTO ACT AS AN INDEPENDENT AND UNIQUE FUNDING AND ADVOCACY RESOURCE FOR THE DENVER POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN…Filed FY2025, FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau Foundation President & · $196K revenue · Denver, COTO ADVANCE THE TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY IN METRO DENVER AREA THROUGH ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS THAT ENHANCE EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND…Filed FY2025, FY2024, FY2023, FY2022 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Colorado Hotel & Lodging Association Associate Director · $1.4M revenue · Denver, COMEMBER TRADE ASSOCIATIONFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Downtown Denver INC Board Member · $3.7M revenue · Denver, COSee Form 990, Part III, Line 1Filed FY2023, FY2022 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Richard Scharf

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Richard Scharf 1 organization · New York, NYCommittee to Protect Our Lenox Hill Neighborhood INC
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Richard Scharf 1 organization · New York, NYSelfhelp Community Services Foundation INC
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Richard Scharf 1 organization · Washington, DCUS Travel Association
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Richard Scharf 1 organization · Brooklyn, NYCamp Dora Golding

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

L
Senior V.p.- · FY2025
$398K
J
Exec. V.p.- · FY2025
$382K
J
Exec. V.p.- · FY2023
$329K
J
V.p.- Market · FY2025
$289K
F
V.p.- Touris · FY2025
$272K
A
President and CEO · FY2024
$266K
R
Exec. V.p.- Sales & Services · FY2021
$255K
J
Associate V. · FY2023
$232K
S
A,V.p.- Conv · FY2025
$220K
M
A.v.p.- Part · FY2025
$211K
M
Dir Conventi · FY2025
$199K
V
Dir. of Serv · FY2025
$195K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org