Derrick K. Watson, MBA

Derrick K. Watson currently serves as Director for the City & County of Denver: Denver Construction Career Program (DCCP). Prior to him accepting this position, he served as a Program Manager for Denver Workforce Services as Contractor Liaison for DCCP. Before his career in DCCP, he spent over 35 years working as an administrator at CU Boulder.

Derrick has made numerous State and national presentations on Workforce Development, most recently on improving the pipeline line for diverse workers in the construction industry at LCPtracker’s National Conference in San Diego, California.

One capstone of Derrick’s career was the development and execution of one the nation’s first Higher Education Public/Private Partnership. The execution of a $70million dollar housing development was one of the first of its kind and has now become a national model for new student housing development. His construction portfolio includes well over $600million in vertical and horizontal construction projects.