Edward Nichols

Background

About Edward Nichols

Ed now works with entrepreneurial, non-profit, and small business firms on a consulting basis. He focuses on community building, fund raising and strategy development with these organizations. After retiring from heading History Colorado, Ed served as the Executive Director of The Joshua School, a school for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) from 2016 - 2022. Prior to that he served from 2007 through 2015 as President/CEO of History Colorado including leading the building of the new History Colorado Center flagship museum in Denver and overseeing ten outlying regional museum facilities across Colorado. He also concurrently served as the Colorado SHPO (State Historic Preservation Officer) from 2008 to 2015. Prior to his time at History Colorado Ed owned Allegro Software in Denver, and later worked in executive position with Corybant Software in Boulder, Colorado. This followed a 20+ year stint with IBM in sales and marketing management positions across the US. Ed served on and headed boards in both education and cultural arts organizations and now serves on the board of the Colorado Historical Foundation, Mesa Verde Foundation and Ex-Officio on Central City Opera Board.