Allison Parker is an associate at Hawley Troxell, but her road to becoming a lawyer is paved with housekeeping, skiing and real estate. She was living in the Teton Valley, making money as a housekeeper, and skiing whenever she got ...
Read More »Silence is golden
I went to the Neil Young concert on Oct. 3 at Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden. It had been a while since I’d attended a rock concert, although I have been to scores of them, and have seen ...
Read More »Law leaders voted in for 2016
The votes have been tallied and leaders can now be named. For the fourth year, Idaho Business Review is recognizing Leaders in Law, nominated and decided by their peers. Dozens took part in the process, both in the number of ...
Read More »Idaho’s Top Projects for 2016: The finalists are …
Construction is continuing its boom in Idaho. Cranes are now nearly ubiquitous. Idaho Business Review recognizes and annually celebrates top construction projects across the state. This marks the 11th year and the 12th time for IBR‘s Top Projects program. In order to be a ...
Read More »Michael Trienen, vice president, wealth management, UBS Financial Services Inc. in Boise
Michael Trienen, 34, used to love playing StarCraft, studied computer science in college, and thought he was “going to write a piece of software that was going to change the world.” He changed his mind after a brief ...
Read More »Brigham Tomco, CEO, Zylun Global in Rexburg
When Brigham Tomco, 36, was about 12, he embarked on his first entrepreneurial journey as a dog walker. He wanted to play football – his parents objected. In part, due to the $150 registration and uniform fee. So, “I ...
Read More »Nick Taylor, associate, Stoel Rives LLP in Boise
Nick Taylor, 36, grew up roaming all over Oregon. “My dad works for Oregon State Parks,” he says. When Taylor was in the eighth grade and living in Newport, his dad got a promotion and had his pick between Tillamook ...
Read More »Mike Tankersley, pesident, Signs 2 U LLC in Boise
Mike Tankersley, 33, was born in Boise and raised on a ranch in Blackfoot. He remembers his grandfather looking out over the ranch and saying to him: “’Someday this will be yours.’ No, it won’t,” Tankersley told his grandfather. “I’m ...
Read More »Stuart Summers, associate vice president for marketing and communications, Idaho State University in Pocatello
Since Stuart Summers, 30, was in Kindergarten, he knew what he wanted to do. “I got that in my head. I always wanted to be a television reporter. I would mimic them,” he says. And so, after completing college – ...
Read More »David Stanish, senior counsel, Idaho Power in Boise
After David Stanish graduated from the University of Albany with a bachelor’s degree in biology, he and his wife – whom he’d met in Australia while studying abroad the summer before graduation (“it was a summer fling that turned into ...
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