HBC partner Chris Ford was elected Chairperson of the Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado at the Foundation's May 2015 meeting. The Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado promotes equal access to justice by raising funds to provide civil legal services for low-income people in the state of Colorado. The Foundation, which was founded in 1981 as a nonprofit organization, is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees comprised primarily of lawyers from around the state. Chris has been involved with the statewide Foundation and has co-chaired the local Boulder Campaign for the Foundation for the past eight years.