IBR names 2009 Idaho Women of the Year 

The Idaho Business Review has announced its 2009 Idaho Women of the Year honorees. The 50 women will be featured in a glossy magazine publishing in the IBR on March 23, and honored at an awards dinner, beginning with a 6:30 p.m. cocktail reception, on March 26 at the Boise Centre on the Grove in downtown Boise.

The awards dinner is open to the public. Individual tickets are $60. A table sponsorship with 10 tickets is available for $750. Reservations can be made by calling Chris Smith at 639-3511 or e-mailing her at chris.smith@idahobusiness.net.

Here’s the list of this year’s recipients:

• Laurie Appel, occupational therapist, Lotus Tree Sensory Integration Center, Boise
• Pamela Baldwin, executive director, Interfaith Alliance and United Vision for Idaho
• Jan Bennetts, deputy Ada County prosecuting attorney, Ada County Prosecutor’s Office, Boise
• Sherry Bithell, retired educator, Boise Independent School District, Boise
• Karena Boesel, membership representative, Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce, Boise
• Anna Borchers Canning, planning director, City of Meridian Planning Department, Meridian
• Addie Waxman Chan, instructor of Environmental Science & Ethics of Science, University of Phoenix Idaho Campus, Boise
• Rachael Daigle, editor, Boise Weekly, Boise
• Candy Dale, chief U.S. magistrate judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, Boise
• Penny Dennis, vice president, McAlvain Design/Build Inc., Boise
• Peg Dougherty, Idaho deputy attorney general, human services division, Idaho Office of the Attorney General, Boise
• Hilarie Engle, executive director, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Boise affiliate, Boise
• Melanie Fales, executive director, Boise Art Museum, Boise
• Tami Fisher, volunteer coordinator, Women’s & Children’s Alliance, Boise
• Liz Fitzgerald, property manager, Unico Properties, Boise
• Ashley Ford, principal land use planner, Rose Law Group Borton, Boise
• Trudy Hanson Fouser, managing shareholder, Gjording & Fouser, Boise
• Lynda Friesz-Martin, president, Lynda Friesz Public Relations, Boise
• Sonia Galaviz, teacher, Endeavor Elementary School, Nampa
• Raquel Guglielmetti, vice president of finance, Northwest Real Estate Capital Corp., Boise
• Valerie Hadley, academic student mentor, University of Phoenix, Meridian
• Tracy Hall, executive assistant to the mayor, City of Boise, Boise
• Carol Hepworth, elementary school teacher, Independent School District of Boise City, Boise
• Michelle Hicks, senior consultant, communication, Buck Consultants, Boise
• Rachel Hurn, proprietor, Seasons Bistro Wine Bar & Catering, Eagle
• Rep. Wendy Jaquet, Idaho state legislator, Idaho House of Representatives, Ketchum
• Julie Johnson, co-owner, Flynn’s Saddle Shop, Boise
• Lori Jones, owner/financial consultant, Investment Resources of America, Meridian
• RaNae Jones, principal, Sage Valley Middle School, Nampa
• Bessie Katsilometes, dean of academic programs, Idaho State University, Boise campus, Boise
• Sen. Kate Kelly, Senate assistant minority leader, Idaho State Legislature, Boise
• Holly Sue Kerns, owner and president, Kerns Brand Marketing, Boise
• Shelby Kerns, executive director, Idaho Rural Partnership, Boise
• Lonni Leavitt-Barker, co-owner, Big Horn Collectibles/Paloma Pewter, Eagle
• Kelly Greene McConnell, partner, Givens Pursley, Boise
• Cheryl McNeil, director of accounting, Thornton Oliver Keller, Boise
• Karen North, director, health & welfare benefits, J.R. Simplot Co., Boise
• Molly O’Leary, managing member, Richardson & O’Leary, Boise
• Wendy Olson, senior litigation counsel, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Idaho, Boise
• Debra Riedel, first vice president, wealth management, Smith Barney, Boise
• Kelly Ryan Rush, vice president, sales and marketing, Clear Voice Telecom, Meridian
• Dr. Lisa Scales, owner, Green Foundations Building Center; founder and president, Sustainable Futures, Garden City
• Kail Seibert, partner, Capitol Law Group; founding principal and managing member, Ahead of the Kurve, Boise
• LeAnn Simmons, Canyon County director, United Way of Treasure Valley, Boise
• Paula Smyly, senior vice president/commercial lending manager, Mountain West Bank, Coeur d’Alene
• Dene Kay Thomas, president, Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston
• Erin Tippetts, owner/director/teacher, Elkhorn Kid’s Camp and Smart Start Preschool, Boise
• Shawna Van Beek, Realtor/owner, River Run Investments; founder, Camp River Run, Meridian
• Susan Williamson, principal, William Howard Taft Elementary School, Boise
• Rachel Winer, executive director, Idaho Smart Growth, Boise

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