Gayle Dendinger
Leeds Board of Alumni & Friends
Gayle Dendinger is the President and Chief Executive Officer of CAP Logistics. He has been in the expedited freight services industry for over 30 years. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska and has done post-graduate work in entrepreneurship at the University of Denver.
Recognizing the need for a venue for Colorado CEOs and leaders to be able to better work with each other, he founded The Colorado Business Roundtable in conjunction with the 23 roundtables of sister states and the National Business Roundtable in Washington, which advises the President.
His personal motto is that, “It is good business to be a good neighbor.” As a result, he has supported the Colorado Department of Education in Lesson Study, Denver Public Schools in Distance Learning using 2-way satellite transmissions, and the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce in the development of WBE Certification. Internationally, he has been involved with moving and delivering a substantial amount of text books to 40 schools in South Africa and winter coats and other supplies to U.S. allies in Eastern Europe – Romania, Poland, and Albania. A great believer in the power of collaboration, he has co-developed software to magnify the results of cooperative efforts and has co-written a graduate level course with Colorado Christian University, which was taught collaboratively with approximately thirty business and civic leaders in the Fall of 2004.
As an admirer of Buckminster Fuller, Mr. Dendinger has created the ICOSA™ award, modeled after the icosahedrons, a 20-faceted polygon, which was simultaneously awarded by twenty community leaders to twenty individuals for their work in the progression of the No Child Left Behind Act. CAP Logistics is the recipient of the 2008 Denver Metro Chamber Small Business of the Year, 2008 Governor’s Export Award, 2005 US Department of Commerce Export Achievement Certificate, 2005 Colorado Ethics in Business Award and 2004 Colorado Performance Excellence Foothills Award (State Baldridge Award for Excellence in Approach).
