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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 ...

Cheryl Wright says she had an idyllic, Norman Rockwell-esque childhood. She grew up in “picturesque New England,” in a small mining town in New Hampshire. There was a two-room schoolhouse and she has fond memories of swimming and fishing in ...

When Jennifer Wheeler was in junior high, she took an evening aerobics class. Her instructor was also an alumni director. She saw a spark in Wheeler and said “’when you get to college, come see me,’” says Wheeler. She did, ...

They’ve been living together for two years, but the Boise Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce finally tied the knot in November, merging the two nonprofit organizations. Operationally, the organization will be similar to the ...

In August 2015, Amanda and a crew of her hiking friends climbed to the top of Mount Borah, Idaho’s highest peak at 12,662 feet. A foot and a half of snow had fallen the day before and the party of ...

Shawna Walz was living a professionally and personally satisfying life with a successful career at Nike as part of an innovative Diversity and Inclusion team. It was a job that let her travel the world while allowing her to follow ...