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Back in the late 90s, Christy Calhoun and her co-worker headed back to her apartment for a quiet dinner after a long day of working in a community-based public-health organization in Guatemala City. In the cool night air, the two ...

The daughter of an electrical engineer, Janet Callahan spent her youth watching her father build things, and followed right along in his footsteps. When she was 13 years old, he taught her how to re-roof a house, and soon she ...

Debbie Critchfield, who was born with heart problems, is hailed as having a dedicated and heartfelt mission as a crusader and leader for Idaho K-20 education. “She clearly has a passion for education and has jumped in head first as ...

At the end of a star-studded night, featuring 50 Idaho women leaders and their amazing stories, came a moment where if felt as if the room itself was holding its breath. Nora Carpenter, who was the 2016 Woman of the ...

On February 8, past and present Women of the Year honorees gathered at the Village Cinema’s Backstage Bistro at The Village at Meridian for a special Meet & Greet networking event. This year’s honorees will be recognized on March 9 at an ...

More than 200 Idaho women were nominated by peers, colleagues and mentors to vie to be one of the Idaho Business Review’s 2017 Women of the Year. Ninety-five of those nominated completed and sent in detailed applications that included resumes, ...

When Julie Fogerson chose communications as her college major, she thought it would let her try things out to see what she liked. She never expected she would use her degree, but she was right about it letting her explore ...

“I don’t know that my leadership, mentorship and community engagement will leave ‘footprints’ in the sands of time, but I certainly know that I don’t want to sit by and not embrace (the) opportunity.” Nora J. Carpenter keeps a small ...

Mary York, whose family has been in Idaho for four generations, was also an “Army brat” and spent her Kindergarten through 4th grade education at a German school in Ebersbach, Germany. “I grew up speaking German, thinking in German,” she ...

America Yorita-Carrion’s family moved to America from Mexico when she was 9 years old.  “That’s when my life’s purpose began,” she says. “I just remember my mom would say: ‘Now you will get to go to college and get an ...