Cristal Deherrera

Cristal ensures the CEO’s vision is operationalized throughout the airport. She leads airport-wide governance and strategic initiatives, equity, diversity and inclusion efforts and employee empowerment initiatives, including oversight of the team developing the Center of Equity and Excellence in Aviation. She also leads the airport’s strategic partnerships and oversees the airport’s external affairs unit which includes all stakeholders and government relations strategies and relationships at the federal, state, and local levels. Prior to her time at DEN, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock appointed Cristal to serve as Deputy City Attorney for the City & County of Denver. Previously, she was also a shareholder at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP. Cristal was raised in a humble household outside of the Los Angeles area and holds a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. She received her undergraduate degree, with honors, in political studies from Pitzer College.