Denver Smith
Denver J Smith has served as the Managing Member of Carlson Ridge Capital, LLC, an investment firm, since May of 2016. Denver has served on the Board of Directors, and as Chairman of the Board of Track Group, Inc. (OTC: TRCK) since April of 2026. He has also served on the Board of Directors of Innovative Food Holdings, Inc. (OTC: IVFH) since March of 2023. He has been an investment consultant to the Aspen Family Trust since December of 2017. Additionally, he has served on the Board of Trustees of Lifestyle Management Inc, a non-profit organization, since December of 2010.
Previously, from November of 2015 through December of 2017, he was the Chief Investment Officer of 73114 Investments, LLC. Prior to that, from January of 2009 through October of 2015, he was an investment portfolio manager for 73114 Investments, LLC. Denver co-negotiated and was the named finder in the sale of 73114 Investments, LLC’s previous parent company, Avalon Correctional Services, Inc., to CoreCivic, Inc. (NYSE: CXW) for over $150 million in October of 2015.
Denver graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a BBA in Finance and Economics in 2010. He also earned an MBA from the University of Oklahoma in 2014. Denver is a CFA Charterholder.
- Chair of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Compensation Committee
- Chair of the M&A and Integration Committee