Ding-Wen Hsu (born 1948) is a Taiwanese businesswoman in Denver, Colorado. She is the co-founder and current Director of Federal Facility Management Division of Pacific Western Technologies.^[1] She is one of the co-founders of the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival, one of the largest Asian festivals in the Rocky Mountains.^[2]

Ding-Wen Hsu was born in Taiwan in 1948.^[2]

Hsu arrived in the US in 1976 with her husband Tai-Dan Hsu, who attended graduate school at the University of Iowa.^[3] Her husband received a job as hydrologist, and the family moved to Colorado in 1978.^[2][4]

Hsu became a US citizen in 1981.^[2]

Hsu co-founded Pacific Western Technologies, Ltd. with her husband in 1987.^[2]

When Hsu arrived in Colorado, she felt invisible.^{[citation needed]} Colorado has a history of anti-Asian sentiment, embodied in the anti-Chinese riot of 1880. Hsu recognized the small enclaves of different Asian cultures, and wanted to host an event outside of just the Chinese American community.^[5]

Hsu, John Chin and Howie Solow created the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival and held the first event in August 2001.^[6] This became the largest Asian festival in the Rocky Mountain area.^[2] They started the event with a grant for $1000 from the city of Denver.^[4] The organizers anticipated attendance of 3,000 people, and were shocked when over 15,000 people and mayor Wellington Webb attended.^[5]

Hsu is a national fellow of the Asian Pacific American Women's Leadership Institute.^[2]

Hsu is married to Tai-Dan Hsu.^{[citation needed]}

Representative Ed Perlmutter gave a tribute to Hsu in the Colorado House of Representatives in 2007.^[7]

In 2011, Hsu was honored as one of the Asian American Heroes of Colorado by the Asian Chamber of Congress.^[8]

Hsu was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2012.^[2]

Regis University awarded the Civis Princeps award to Ding-Wen Hsu, an award for outstanding citizens of Colorado.^[9]