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Originally born in Montana, Jeff Newgard has built a career in the Idaho banking industry over the last 20+ years. After spending his childhood helping with his father’s service station and oil distribution business by helping to sort invoices, Newgard ...

Hamdi Ulukaya knows what it’s like to work hard and lead with heart. Growing up in a dairy-farming family in a small village in Turkey, he founded Chobani to make good food accessible to the masses. Today, it is one ...

Marlene Tromp is an innovative leader who is passionate about building strategic partnerships that advance educational opportunities for students from all walks of life. When Tromp became the seventh president of Boise State University in the summer of 2019, she ...

  Stacia Morfin has an established background in the leisure, tourism and travel industry that she has put to work as the owner and CEO of Nez Perce Tourism LLC. The Nez Perce homeland includes approximately 765,000 acres in north-central ...

As the founder and chief empowerment officer of Spark! Strategic Solutions, Shannon McGuire has been performing notable work in the leadership and consultancy space over the last 15 years. Holding two master’s degrees, McGuire’s approach at Spark! is focused, collaborative ...

Corey Barton’s experience in the construction industry started when he was a farmer. Now, serving as the president of CBH Homes, he has led the business to become Idaho’s number-one builder, and his company has built more than 23,000 homes ...

Corey Surber is a well-respected businesswoman who has dedicated the majority of her career to Saint Alphonsus Health System. She began work there as a medical transcriptionist in the Cancer Institute 27 years ago and worked her way up to ...

A founding member and co-owner of Smith + Malek, Luke Malek is an attorney who practices in areas such as business, health care and municipal law in Coeur d’Alene. Raised in northern Idaho, Malek attended The College of Idaho in ...

Jeff Sollis is a strategic healthcare administrator who has more than a decade of expertise at large facilities around the country, including experience working as the chief operating officer for Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Utah and as the vice president ...

Phillips S. Baker Jr. has been a director at Hecla Mining Company since 2001 and CEO since 2003. Founded in 1891, Hecla Mining is a gold, silver and other precious metals mining company based in Coeur d’Alene — the second-largest ...