Bruce Bowler

Bruce Bowler was born in Washington, D.C. in 1941. His family moved to Denver at an early age, where he was raised and educated. He received his BSBA degree cum laude from the University of Denver, for which he was admitted to the Beta Gamma Sigma Honorary Society.

He joined his father's mortgage banking company while still in school, graduated from the Mortgage Bankers Association of America School of Mortgage Banking, and had a 40 year career in the mortgage banking industry. During that career, he worked at various financial institutions in Denver, culminating in being half owner of Universal Lending Corporation for fourteen years. During his career, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority by two of Colorado's Governors, and served on that Board for fourteen years, one of which as Chairman of the Board. He also served in leadership roles in the Colorado Mortgage Lenders Association, serving as President of that organization for one term.

He also served on the Board of the Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, was appointed to Governor Hickenlooper's Wildfire Task Force, and served on national and regional councils to the Federal National Mortgage Association.

He received numerous designations and awards during his mortgage banking career, including recognitions from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Veterans Administration, and awards recognizing his leadership and dedication to public-private partnerships in support of the free enterprise system, and the coveted CMLA Lifetime Achievement Award presented in 2015.

In 1968, Bruce left mortgage banking to accept the position of Division Director of the Northwest Division of the National Hot Rod Association, and relocated his family to Vancouver, Washington.Shortly after taking on that assignment, having been thoroughly acclimated to using FHA and VA Manuals, he authored the first NHRA Drag Strip Manager's OPERATIONS GUIDE. That Guide was approved for publication and distribution to sanctioned tracks, by NHRA's legal counsel, its executive vice president, and Wally Parks, founder and President of NHRA. In 2001, he received NHRA's Pioneer Award in recognition of the contributions he made to the sport of drag racing.

In 1971 Bruce and his family moved back to Denver to resume his mortgage banking career.

In 1998 he sold his interest in Universal Lending Corporation, and began a semi-professional career in drag racing, owning and driving a 270 mph nitro-methane-burning Top Alcohol Dragster. While campaigning the race car throughout the central and western United States, he started the apparel manufacturing company known as Phoenix Custom Apparel.

After closing Phoenix down in September of 2009, he started up Bowler Enterprises, to continue to provide custom-designed apparel to previous customers, through an affiliation with a manufacturer in China. He also dusted off his real estate Broker's license that he had held since 1973, and became an active real estate broker, providing listing and buyer agency services.

In addition to those businesses that he continues to own and operate, he composes and records his own music, and, with the completion of The Bankruptcy Alternative, has now become a published author.