Kimberly Smith

In 1999 Kimberly and her husband/ business partner, Eric, launched AvenueWest Corporate Housing, Inc., a multi-million dollar success story. AvenueWest provides real estate property management of furnished residential properties offering full service corporate housing services to upscale executive travelers in need of a monthly lodging solution. A recognized leader in the industry, they were awarded CHPA’s 2010 Provider Company of the Year Award and listed for 3 consecutive years on Inc Magazine’s Inc 5000 list of the countries fastest growing businesses.

Inspired to help people find corporate housing and real estate solutions on a national basis, Kimberly and Eric came up with a business idea to create a national resource dedicated to connecting furnished rental properties with executive renters. In 2006 CorporateHousingbyOwner.com (CHBO) was launched, the first-of-its-kind online portal connecting furnished rentals and the traveling public. In 2013 CHBO was recognized by CHPA as the Associate Company of the Year.

In 2009 AvenueWest Global Franchise was launched allowing for the national expansion of the AvenueWest Managed Corporate Housing product. Current offices are located in Phoenix, Atlanta, Fort Collins, San Francisco, Boston, Dallas, Denver and Colorado Springs.

Kimberly continues to lead in the corporate housing industry and served as the 2011 elected Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA), the primary trade organization for the corporate housing industry. Kimberly has been nationally recognized for her business success and her philanthropic endeavors and is frequently featured in media sources like the NYTimes, LA Times, Denver Post, US News & World Report, MSNBC.com, CNBC and SmartMoney.com. She was awarded the 2013 Denver Business Journal’s Outstanding Women in Business award for real estate, small business finalist in 2010, andfinalist in the prestigious Power Book special section ofThe Denver Business Journal, afeature in Denver Woman magazine as an outstanding business woman and mother, in 2009 she was selected to join The Denver Business Journal’s elite class of 40 under 40 and in 2010 and was recognized by CoBiz Magazine as a top 5 GenXYZ leader. In 2012 Kimberly was a finalist for the prestigious NBC 9News Leader of the Year Award.

A graduate of the DMCC Leadership Denver Program 2002, Legacy Denver 2010 and all Colorado Experiences, Kimberly takes time toshare her talents by working with numerous organizations and nonprofits. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors for CHPA, she also served on the Founders Committee for the new entrepreneurship center at DU’s Women’s College, ABLE for Women, as a Board Member for Clinica Verde a health and community center in Nicaragua and as an elected Director for the Board of Directors at Ben Franklin Academy a Pre-8 Core Knowledge, math and science charter school. Kimberly also supports numerous women’s organizations, educational and empowerment programs including an annual fundraiser for Dhaka Weaves a women’s enterprise program in Nepal.