Ann Hubbert was born in Burns, Oregon and grew up in Tucson, Arizona. From as far back as she can remember, Hubbert always wanted to be a nurse. She remembers being a little girl playing with dolls. Her mother would ...
Read More »Danielle Horras, director of strategic initiatives, University of Idaho
To fully appreciate everything Danielle Horras has done for education in Idaho, you have to understand her past. Horras was raised by a single mother and moved from Texas to New York to Florida and California before settling in Idaho, ...
Read More »Kristin Armstrong Savola, 2017 Woman of the Year, director of community health, St. Luke’s Health System 
It may surprise you to know that Kristin Armstrong, a three-time Olympic gold medalist in bicycle racing, didn’t start racing until the age of 29. “As a kid, my banana seat bicycle was just to get to my friend’s house,” ...
Read More »Wendy Hormon, representative, Idaho House of Representatives
When Wendy Horman, mother of five, discovered her children’s art supplies were coming back home unopened and unused, she decided she had to do something about it. So, she started and taught the Fine Arts Mini-Experience (FAME) in Bonneville School ...
Read More »Casey Holcomb, North Central district manager, Wells Fargo Bank, Moscow
When Casey Holcomb arrived in northern Idaho in October 2011, winter was a heartbeat away, and it was dark and cold. The rest of life didn’t look to be so cheery, either. Holcomb stepped off the plane from California recently ...
Read More »Farhana Hibbert, regional director, U.S. Senator Mike Crapo
Farhana Hibbert entered the world tiny and hidden but between her birth in war-torn Pakistan, an immigration to Puerto Rico and a top spot at Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo’s office, Hibbert created a big life, filled a staggering resume and ...
Read More »Meg Glasgow, president, Finer Frames
“It was a happy accident,” Meg Glasgow says of the trans-Atlantic relocation that landed her in an apprenticeship that eventually bloomed to a thriving business. The happy accident seems fitting for a young woman who left home at 17 and ...
Read More »Jackie Flowers, general manager, Idaho Falls Power
Jackie Flowers is no stranger to breaking gender barriers. She broke one when she first began her stint at Idaho Falls Power as manager in July of 2006, becoming the first woman to do so in the 106 years since ...
Read More »Karianne Fallow, CEO, United Dairymen of Idaho
Got milk? If so, you can thank Karianne Fallow, a two-time Women of the Year honoree. After serving as director of public affairs and business development for Red Sky Public Relations, in 2013 Fallow was recruited to become the CEO ...
Read More »Jacquie Elcox, CEO and founder, Treasure Valley Hearing and Balance
Jacquie Elcox admits to some teenage rebellion. And she never really felt like she fit in. But for the English transplant, non-conformity and a willingness to live outside the box made perfect business sense and turned the immigrant into a ...
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