Denver City Council approved $33 million in contracts with homelessness services provider Urban Alchemy, a San Francisco-based nonprofit whose founding CEO, Lena Miller, has flown first class and made $369,923, plus $5,446 in other earnings, according to its most recent tax filings.
Miller makes $10,000 more than the leader of the much larger Colorado Coalition for the Homeless — making her among the very highest-paid CEOs for Denver’s homelessness providers.
The council on Monday approved two contracts with Urban Alchemy: one to run The Aspen homeless shelter and another to provide “community ambassador” services…