President & CEO
Javier Alberto Soto serves as president and CEO of The Denver Foundation. Since joining the foundation in the fall of 2019, Javier has led the development of a strategic framework, the mobilization of significant resources to respond to the COVID-19 crisis, and the foundation’s celebration and campaign for its 100th anniversary.
Prior to his move to Colorado, Javier served as president and CEO of The Miami Foundation for 10 years. Javier has been a member of the Colorado Forum since 2023 and was awarded the Denver Business Journal’s Leader in Diversity Award in 2024. Javier has a B.A. in History and Political Science from Florida State University, a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Colorado Denver.
