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Director Brian Ness joined the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) in 2009, traveling over 2,000 miles across the country from Michigan where he worked for 30 years at the Michigan Department of Transportation. He was familiar with Idaho, but did not ...

Following his previous work in United Way of Southern Idaho nonprofit, Kevin Bailey assumed the role of CEO for the Idaho Nonprofit Center this year. The organization is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and Bailey shared some annual highlights, ...

As the leader of Ethos, a design and build and luxury remodeling and real estate business, Sarah Cunningham understands the challenges with Boise’s housing inventory that impact community development potential homebuyers. She is the founder of the Boise Bench Dwellers ...

In the following Q&A, Fernando Veloz offers his perspective as someone who works on the payer side of insurance claims and benefits and as a Hispanic individual. For Veloz, the stakeholders he works with are all saying the same thing, but the ...

How long did Boise Centre have to completely shut down due to the pandemic, and what did the process of reopening look like for you?  We were closed from mid-March 2020 through mid-July 2020. During this difficult time for our ...

As First Interstate’s southern Idaho market president, Jeff Huhn provides guidance to local business owners on many financial matters, including how to find funding for future business plans. In this Q&A, Huhn shares how Idaho’s small businesses can secure the necessary funds to take advantage of economic growth in the wake ...

Idaho is growing, employees are having trouble finding child care and people are looking for new ways to have their own business. The result is that, a number of franchise businesses in child care and preschool education are spreading across ...

Carol Barkes has an MBA in conflict management and negotiation and is currently pursuing a PhD in peak performance psychology with an emphasis in neuroscience and conflict management. Barkes runs a private practice/consulting business while also serving as the mediation ...

A graduate of Boise State University where he studied international business and political science, Tiam Rastegar worked in customer-facing leadership roles at PKG and Vacasa before becoming the executive director of Trailhead in 2018.   Trailhead, launched in 2015, is a nonprofit intended ...

You may not know Ron Pisaneschi, but chances are, you’d recognize his voice. On May 21, Idaho Public Television announced that its general manager, Ron Pisaneschi, was retiring after more than 35 years at the station, the last eight of ...