Lunch Panel - The Future of Work

Anslem Elumogo-Gardner

Founder & CEO

Mind for Mission

Anslem Elumogo-Gardner is the Founder and CEO of Mind for Mission, a human-centered AI and modernization consultancy that helps local businesses and mission-driven organizations close the gap between where they operate today and where they need to be.

With over 15 years of leadership experience spanning nonprofit strategy, operations, and organizational design, Anslem has held senior roles including Chief of Staff at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Head of Strategy and Operations at AdvanceEDU, and executive leadership positions across workforce development and community-based organizations. His work has consistently focused on building systems that align mission, people, and performance.

Through Mind for Mission, Anslem supports organizations navigating AI adoption with a people-first approach, emphasizing governance, ethics, culture, and long-term sustainability. He views technology as a force multiplier for social good, one that works best when paired with strong leadership, clear systems, and human judgment.

Anslem holds an MBA from Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver, where he currently serves on the DU Alumni Council. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Cultivate Collective. Based in Chicago, he continues to mentor, volunteer, and contribute to mission-driven work that advances equity, accountability, and responsible innovation.

Peter Campbell

Founder and Managing Partner

Education Growth Partners

Peter has over 20 years of experience successfully investing in, and helping drive the scaling of, high-growth education, media, and information services firms. Since the founding of EGP in 2011, Peter has focused on refining the EGP strategy and building out the ideal team to execute that strategy. EGP is a now a well-recognized leader in supporting and building education and human development companies.

Prior to EGP, Peter began his career by providing senior and subordinated debt financing for leading high-growth media and information services firms at the Bank of New England, after which he joined Burr, Egan, and Deleage, the path-breaking growth equity firm focused on growth companies in the media and content services sectors. Peter worked as a senior operating executive for several years before he was named a Partner at Generation Partners, a $345 million growth equity firm, where he focused on the education sector for over 10 years.

In addition to Peter’s investing experience, he also served for 13 years on the Board of Directors for Echoing Green, which has provided seed funding to over 600 social entrepreneurs with bold ideas for organizations to drive social change. Peter has served as a Trustee of Computers for Youth, an organization dedicated to placing refurbished computers in the homes of low-income youths.

Betsy Fischer

Senior Director

Alvarez & Marsal Corporate Performance Improvement

With more than 10 years of consulting experience, Ms. Fischer has partnered with private equity, government-backed organizations and Fortune 100 executive teams to anticipate and prepare for the future of work. She has been the lead architect for large scale leadership and organizational transformation programs across many industries.

Ms. Fischer’s notable engagements include the cultural evolution of a Fortune 500 retail client; build of a competency model for an aviation-focused private equity client; and design and facilitation of a multi-year leadership and team performance program for a regional Federal Reserve Bank. When clients face change due to shifting business priorities and market pressures, mergers and acquisitions activity or leadership transition, Ms. Fischer partners with key decision makers to operationalize leadership behaviors and organizational structures such that employees are empowered and engaged to improve performance and advance the business agenda.

Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Fischer spent five years with Korn Ferry’s Organizational Strategy practice in New York, where she most recently served as Principal. While at Korn Ferry, she was a thought leader in the ESG, enterprise leadership and top team performance arenas.

Previously, Ms. Fischer was a founding member of a Sustainability and Innovation Department at a global fashion company. Before that, she was a sustainability consultant for start-up organizations and a consultant environmental planner for the NYC Department of Environmental Protection.

Ms. Fischer earned a bachelor’s degree in geography and environmental studies from Colgate University and an MBA from University of Denver – Daniels College of Business. She is certified in KF360 and the Leadership Circle Profile.

Adrina Gibson

Executive Director of General Services

City of Denver

As Executive Director of General Services, Adrina leads support for more than 40 city and county agencies, departments, and offices, overseeing maintenance, operations, and security across more than 6.2 million square feet in 134 city-maintained facilities and structures. She directs city utility payments, advances facility sustainability and efficiency initiatives, and manages requests for proposals, contracts, master purchase orders, procurement spending, and surplus property sales.

She is guided by a deep commitment to teamwork, community, and a solutions-oriented mindset—consistently finding pathways to “yes” that make government more efficient, equitable, and responsive. Building on the agency’s strong foundation, she advances a mission centered on delivering innovative and sustainable solutions for a world-class city.

Since joining General Services in 2024 as Deputy Executive Director, Adrina oversees purchasing, contracts, city surplus, energy, security, mail, and printing services. She champions innovation, equity, sustainability, and operational excellence, driving key initiatives such as increased purchasing thresholds, contract consolidation, and enhanced security measures.

Previously, she led Denver’s Division of Small Business Opportunity, stewarding $1.6 billion in payments to minority-, women-, and disadvantaged-owned businesses and spearheading a comprehensive rewrite of the city’s small business ordinance. She also led the legislative overhaul of Chapter 28 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code, strengthening the city’s equity framework, streamlining compliance, and expanding contracting opportunities for historically underutilized businesses.

Before her tenure with the City and County of Denver, Adrina spent 12 years at RTD, rising from intern to leader of the Small Business Office. Her leadership earned recognition including the Denver Business Journal’s Leader in Diversity Award and the Women in Transportation’s Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award. She remains actively engaged on equity-focused boards and councils, fostering meaningful connections between government, business, and community to support a thriving, inclusive Denver.

A devoted mother of two, Adrina values family, mentorship, and community engagement. She stands unwavering in her mission to empower individuals, ignite innovation, and create a lasting, meaningful impact