Hassan Salem

Hassan Salem and his wife, Sheila, have been patrons and donors of the DCPA since coming to Denver. He joined the Board in 2014, served as Chairman (2021-2025), and led the organization’s recent capital campaign, which was responsible for raising $17M of a $36M capital improvement project.

A career-long veteran of U.S. Bank, Salem began as a teller with then-Colorado National Bank before increasing his responsibilities in the Consumer and Business Banking and Commercial Banking divisions within the bank, ultimately being promoted to Executive Vice President / Head of Global Industrials and Services in 2025. Today, Hassan’s group provides a range of U.S. Bank products and services to middle market companies with annual sales between $25 million and $1 billion.

In addition to his banking responsibilities and involvement with the DCPA, Salem is a board member for Delta Dental of Colorado and Colorado Concern. He is an executive committee member of Colorado Succeeds and a Trustee for the Denver Area Council of Boy Scouts of America. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Arizona with minors in communications and political science. He is also a graduate of the 2004 Leadership Denver program and a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization.

“I have a passion for performing arts and the creativity it promotes in people of all ages.”