2024 Speaker Lineup

Ed Blair serves as Area General Manager for Sage Hospitality Group, overseeing The Crawford Hotel, Denver Union Station, The Oxford Hotel, and The Oxford Club, Spa & Salon. With more than 25 years of hospitality leadership, Blair has guided some of Denver’s most iconic properties. He previously served as General Manager of The Curtis – a DoubleTree by Hilton, where he was known as its “Rebel Leader,” and at Embassy Suites Denver Downtown, where he earned Sage’s 2017 Passion Award. Blair also spent nearly a decade leading The Oxford, where he was named “Leader of the Year” in 2012 and helped the hotel achieve “Hotel of the Year” in 2011 for excellence in performance and guest experience.

A graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder, Blair has coupled his hospitality career with deep community engagement. He previously served as COO of Mile High United Way and is a founding member of Denver’s Road to Work Business Advisory Council, supporting workforce opportunities for people experiencing poverty and disabilities. His civic involvement includes longstanding ties to the Downtown Denver Partnership, where he chaired the Business Improvement District board and served on the 14th Street General Improvement District board.