Idaho Business Review IBR
Kit Fitzgerald, director of sales at Red Barn Real Estate, was one of the Women of the Year for 2013. Photo by Cliff Marks Jr.
As 2013 winds down, the Idaho Business Review is looking forward to what is coming in the new year.
For the ninth year, IBR will salute 50 successful women in business across public, private and charitable sectors. A panel consisting of past honorees and Idaho women business leaders selected the 50 from more than 150 nominees. The women of the year were chosen for their leadership skills, achievements, community involvement and for reaching their goals.
“Once again, we applaud 50 women for exemplifying what it takes to be a leader,” said IBR Vice President and Publisher Sean Evans. “It is exciting that Idaho has these women in its midst. They are making their businesses and organizations – and our state – more successful and profitable.”
On Feb. 18, the 50 will be lauded at an awards event gala. At the evening’s end, one will be recognized as outstanding honoree and “Woman of the Year.” New to the program this year is the daylong Working Women’s Business Symposium at the Boise Centre.
In addition, profiles of the honorees will be published in a special magazine handed out to event attendees and available to IBR subscribers in the Feb. 21 edition.
2014 Idaho Women of the Year
Elaine Ambrose, Mill Park Publishing, Eagle
Trudy J. Anderson, University of Idaho, Boise
La Dawn M. Anderst, Idaho Association of Realtors, Boise
Nancy L. Bodie, College of Business and Economics, Boise State University, Boise
Tracy Bresina, Red Sky Public Relations, Boise
Nancy Buffington, Boise SpeakWell, Boise
Michelle Choate, St. Luke’s Health System, Boise
Jennifer Claassen, Miss Amazing Inc., Boise
Pamela Clark, Zions Bank, Ammon
Stephanie Clarkson, Boise State University, Boise
Moya Dolsby, Idaho Wine Commission, Boise
Denise J. Dunlap, Boise State University, Boise
Michelle Edmonds, Journal Broadcast Group, Nampa
Debra K. Etcheson-Frisby, United Heritage Insurance, Meridian
Gynii A. Gilliam, Gilliam & Associates, Boise
Brooke J. Green, Community Transportation Association of Idaho, Boise
Cally Grindstaff, Clear Springs Foods Inc., Buhl
D. Michelle Gustavson, J.R. Simplot Company, Boise
Tara Hamilton, Les Bois Credit Union, Boise
Julie Hart, Westerberg & Associates, Boise
Beverly Haugen, Giraffe Laugh Early Learning Center, Boise
Heather Hill, St. Luke’s Health System, FitOne, Benefiting St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital, Boise
Christy Hovey, My Social Media Ghost, Boise
Jennifer Johnson, Clima-Tech Corporation, Boise
Merri Johnson, Zions Bank, Montpelier
Erica M. Kallin, Canyon County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Caldwell
Emily Kane, City of Meridian, Meridian
Phyllis J. Keith, Wear Ease Inc., Boise
Lisa Kinnaman, Idaho Leads Project, Boise
Kathy L. Martin, Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston
Diane K. Minnich, Idaho State Bar and Idaho Law Foundation Inc., Boise
Caroline Moore, BrightStar of Boise, Boise
Amber Murray, Giraffe Laugh Early Learning Center, Boise
Lauren Necochea, Mountain States Group Inc., Boise
Toni L. Nielsen, Zions Bank, Boise
Callie Zamzow Novak, Dynamite Marketing Inc., Meridian
Mary Olson, George Fox University, Boise
Beth Oppenheimer, Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children, Boise
Maureen A. O’Toole, Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council, Boise
Lorrie Louise Panzeri, First Choice Home Health and Hospice, Boise
Jodi Peterson, Jodi D. Peterson Productions, Boise
Caught taking a selfie at the 2013 Idaho Business Review Women of the Year event: Shelby Bills, co-owner and managing partner; Erin Thompson, salon and spa director; and Anali Rowley, frontline manager, all of Graeber and Co. Photo by Cliff Marks Jr.
Heather Quisel, Rodan + Fields Dermatologists, Meridian
Antonina Robles, Hewlett-Packard, Boise
Tara Russell, Create Common Good, Boise
Sheila Schwager, Hawley Troxell, Boise
Lori Shandro, Duck Club Presents, Boise
Alicia Vanderschuere, RosieMade, Boise
Alice Mondragon Whitney, Zions Bank, Nampa
Chantayn Winner, D.L. Evans Bank, Boise
Krissa Wrigley, Wrigley & Associates/University of Phoenix Idaho Campus/College of Western Idaho, Boise
For more information about the program and event, or if you would like to purchase tickets for the event, click here.
