1. Howard Hugh Potter
8725 East Radcliff Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80237
720-308-8246
hhp@hhpdenver.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/hhpotter
Howard Hugh Potter, JD, MBA, CPA, has been involved in providing
insurance, tax, and financial programs for public and closely held businesses
utilizing captive insurances companies since 2001. He focuses on business
development and subject expertise with CPA & law firms, insurance agencies,
and financial planning & wealth management firms through affiliations as an
independent contractor with captive management firms.
Mr. Potter received his Juris Doctorate and Bachelor of Science of Business Administration from
Creighton University and his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Nebraska. Mr.
Potter was staff accountant at Peat, Marwick and Mitchell in Omaha, Nebraska and Senior Accountant in
the Tax Department at Deloitte/Touche Ross Company in Denver, Colorado.
As partner in the law firm of Vaughan and Potter, he worked in the areas of tax, legal, and financial
consulting involving oil and gas investments, equipment leasing, and the marketing of tax advantaged
investments. He was co-founder, principal, and national sales manager of Denver Securities Corporation,
a NASD securities firm and was responsible for developing a national sales team, sales material and
presentations that marketed through law firms, CPAs and the brokers/dealer community. After retiring
from the law firm he served as President and CEO of CareerLab, Inc. a human capital management firm
and a member of Lincolnshire International with 17 offices in North America. Mr. Potter also served on
the Board of Lincolnshire and as Treasurer.
Mr. Potter is an inactive member of the American Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association, Nebraska
Bar Association, Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants. He holds current licenses with the Colorado Division of Insurance for
property & causality and life. Mr. Potter is a former member of the Union League Club of New York and
served as a Member of the Board of Trustee for Colorado Academy, Denver, Colorado. He is a lifetime
member of the National Rifle Association.
Mr. Potter currently serves on two Boards: the Colorado Board of Directors of the Financial Executives
International and is a Board member for Spirit of the Sun, a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization which
focuses on strengthening and improving the economic and cultural well-being for Native American
communities. He also served for eleven years on the Colorado Board of Directors of the Association for
Corporate Growth and was awarded the Denver Association for Corporate Growth Chapter’s 2010
Outstanding Member of the Year Award. He has hosted the Annual Investment & Financial Cross-
Networking Event held at the University of Denver since 2006, with a sellout of 400 plus attendees.
Mr. Potter was born and raised on a cattle and horse ranch on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in
South Dakota and is a 4th
generation enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. His children, Kristin,
Kara and Brandon are also enrolled members of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe as are his three grandchildren,
Kendall, Ben, and Russell. He and his wife, Marcia, enjoy visiting their children and grandchildren in
Aspen, CO and Santa Fe, NM. Their mutual passions are family, music, cooking, exercise & yoga and
the outdoors.