Brad Mueller

Brad Mueller is the Planning & Development Services Director for the City of Boulder, where he leads department operations and land use policy development for Boulder, Colorado, a community of over 100,000 people northwest of Denver.  He has worked throughout the Colorado Front Range in a variety of fast-growing communities, with extensive familiarity with the complexities of land use dynamics in changing environments.  Brad holds a master’s degree in City & Regional Planning from Cornell University and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).

My advice to students...

I have been in leadership "training" since my earliest years, including being a Presidents' Leadership Class scholar at CU, but my leadership philosophy continues to be refined regularly.  I consider everyone a "leader" in the since that all are influencers -- for bad or for good, unknowingly or deliberately.  If deliberate, we can grow that skill, like any.  And the secret ingredient for doing so is . . . empathy.