Margot Crowe

Margot Crowe was formerly elected Secretary then Vice President of CURFA and has been active in organizing programs for the retired faculty for many years. She was invited to be a member of the CURFA Executive committee as Lawson Crowe’s surviving spouse. She has been a supporter of the arts for decades beginning in Denver and later moving to Boulder. In Boulder, Margot has served on the Colorado Shakespeare Advisory Board for 25 years, and is a former board member of  Colorado Music Festival.  During her CMF tenure she was chair of the festival of Dinner, organized the welcoming breakfasts for the summer musicians and specialized in small and large events to build community and chair of the 2018 and 2019 CMF Galas.

Margot is Founder of the Fine Tuned Society, which is in its 11th season  providing potluck house concerts featuring graduates of CU’s College of Music and other regional musicians. The goal is to keep the graduates or soon to graduate students “fine-tuned” in preparation for auditions, competitions or performances. Margot particularly enjoys building community through the arts.

Margot just completed her year as President of the Boulder Valley Rotary Club.  She continues as Speaker Chair.  Last year the BVRC donated over $100,000 to local and international projects.

For the last 6 years, Margot has been the Director of Development for BETC (Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company).  BETC performs at the Dairy Arts Center and the Denver Savoy.

While in Denver, Margot was owner and operator of a bed and breakfast and chair of the Colfax Business Improvement District.  She organized, built the curriculum and secured the lecturers for  20 weeks of ElderHostel Programs through the Capitol Hill United Neighborhood.  The weeks w focused on urban renewal and the arts in Denver and Boulder and the ethnicity of Denver.   She also drove the initiative to fund the Cultural Connection Trolley in collaboration with RTD.  The Trolley connected all the major museums.  Sadly, the program only lasted three years.  Margot was named Woman of the Year by the Capitol Hill United Neighborhood and the Life on Capitol Hill, the local newspaper.