The Idaho Business Review has announced its 2008 Idaho Women of the Year honorees. The 50 women will be featured in a glossy magazine publishing in the IBR on March 10, and honored at an awards dinner, beginning with a 6:30 p.m. cocktail reception, on March 13 at the Boise Centre on the Grove.
The awards dinner is open to the public. Individual tickets are $60. A table sponsorship with 10 tickets is available for $700. Reservations can be made by calling Kathryn Rhead at 639-3520 or e-mailing her at [email protected]
Here’s the list of this year’s recipients:
• Rouchelle Abrahamson, executive director/executive chef, Life’s Kitchen
• Judy Aitken, answer center manager, PERSI
• Candice Allphin, vice president and regional district manager, U.S. Bank
• Susannah Arnim, human resource officer, Women & Children’s Alliance
• Nancy Bergmann, program manager – tech-based economic development, Idaho National Laboratory/Technology Partnership
• Laurie Bower, faculty, University of Phoenix/George Fox University
• Karen Bubb, interim executive director and public arts manager, Boise City Arts Commission
• Elaine Carpenter, co-owner, Carpenter Screen Printing
• Nancy Caspersen, president and CEO, Quit and Live
• Jane Cliff, owner/vice president, Ethan Allen Home Interiors
• Lanie Compton, assistant to the president, Idaho Trust National Bank
• Patty Coulter, escrow manager, TitleOne Corp.
• Kris Cronin, co-owner, Zou 75 Restaurant
• Megan Crouch, program director, The Bridge (a program of Children’s Home Society of Idaho)
• Lyn Darrington, partner, The Gallatin Group
• Deborah Ferguson, assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Idaho • Lori Fisher, executive director, J.A. & Kathryn Albertson Foundation
• Jessica Flynn, communications manager, Tamarack Resort
• Nicole Hancock, corporate counsel, Syngenta Seeds
• Tammy Hanks, executive director, Minidoka Health Care Foundation
• Katherine Hansen, executive director, Community Partnerships of Idaho
• Alisha Havens, executive director of foundation, Mercy Medical Center
• Kit Herndon, relocation coordinator, Peasley Transfer & Storage
• Amy Herzfeld, executive director, Idaho Human Rights Education Center
• Theresia Kituku, owner/executive director, Born to Succeed Early Care & Education Center
• Paula Landholm Kluksdal, partner, Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley
• Becky Logue, president/founder, Beckmer Products
• Laurel MacKinnon, owner, The MacKinnon Group & Market Limone
• Jennifer Matoske, development director, Project Patch
• Pam McBride, grants coordinator, Clearwater Valley & St. Mary’s Hospital & Clinics
• Dr. Lisa McClain, associate professor, Department of History, Boise State University
• Theresa McLeod, assistant to the mayor for special projects, City of Boise Mayor’s Office
• Sondra McMindes, president, Children’s Therapy Place
• Natalie Camacho Mendoza, solo practitioner, Camacho Mendoza Law
• Karen Meyer, owner, Handyman Connection
• Kelly Miller, legal director, Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence
• Deborah Nelson, partner, Givens Pursley
• Lorene Oates, event director – sponsor services, St. Luke’s Women’s Fitness Celebration
• Teri Ottens, owner, Association Management Solutions
• Mary Pridmore, director of community and real estate development, Neighborhood Housing Services
• Amanda Rimbey, corporate education liaison, University of Phoenix
• Ruth Romero, owner, Ruth Romero Personal Stylist
• Cathy Silak, CEO, Idaho Community Foundation
• Lisa Steele, director, Neighborhood Housing Services
• Joan Stephens, president and owner, Stronghold Remodeling
• Lynn Viner, program director, Idaho Youth Ranch
• Deanna Watson, executive director, Boise City/Ada County Housing Authority
• Dr. Denise Wingett, associate professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State University
• Sarah Woodley, president, Business Psychology Associates
• Stephanie Worrell, president, Worrell Communications