Erin Young is the Employer Coach with the Colorado Workforce Development Council. Her focus is to increase job quality and equity in the Colorado workforce ecosystem, providing technical assistance to individual businesses, chambers of commerce, and state agencies to enhance the economic resiliency of businesses and workers. Ms. Young is also the founder of Red Buffalo Coffee and Tea in Silverthorne Colorado and author of The CEOwner: An Entrepreneur’s Checklist for Starting and Succeeding in Small Business. Founded in 2009, the café has since won multiple awards, including Best Coffeehouse, Best Small Business, Best Team, Environmental Champion, and most importantly, Best Place to Work. The café is committed to serving the highest quality products with heroic hospitality. It seeks to create a safe and inclusive space of a shared experience.
She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado and a master’s in public administration from the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs.
Ms. Young is also a newly published author of The CEOwner: The entrepreneur’s checklist to starting, running, and succeeding in small business. Now available on Amazon.