Maximillian Potter, an award-winning journalist, is the senior media adviser for the governor of Colorado. He was the executive editor of 5280: Denver's Magazine and previously a staff writer at Premiere, Philadelphia, and GQ. He has been a contributing editor to Men's Health and Details and contributor to Vanity Fair. A native of Philadelphia, he earned a BA degree from Allegheny College and an MSJ from Northwestern University's Medill School.