Leadership | Boise Metro Chamber

BOISE METRO CHAMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEET OUR LEADERSHIP

The Boise Metro Chamber, the only five-star accredited Chamber in Idaho, has assembled the most influential business board in Idaho, made up of CEOs from across our metro area and beyond. We are grateful to work with this outstanding team of leaders who help guide us as the largest business-first organization in Idaho.

Additionally, all committee, council and board chairs participate on our policy committee, ensuring each industry is well represented at the state house. This creates the opportunity to share expertise and concerns about current policies or legislation in meetings.

2024 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Dan Price, Community Banking President, Mountain West Bank, Executive Board Chair
Garrett Lofto, President & Chief Executive Officer, J.R. Simplot Company, Executive Board Chair-Elect
Odette Bolano, CEO – Trinity Health, West Region, Executive Committee Past Chair
Bobbi-Jo Meuleman, President & CEO, Boise Metro Chamber
Tom Van Hemelryck, Idaho Regional President, WaFd Bank, Treasurer
Matthew Walters, Shareholder, Elam & Burke, Of Counsel
Emily Baker, Founder and Chair, Portman Square Group, At-Large
Gerald Hunter, President, Idaho Housing & Finance Association, At-Large
Rebecca Hupp, Airport Director, Boise Airport, At-Large

2024 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Erin Anderson, Executive Director, Idaho Botanical Gardens
April Arnzen, Chief People Officer, Micron Technology, Inc. and President of the Micron Foundation
Michael Ballantyne, Managing Partner, TOK Commercial Real Estate
Nate Brazier, President & COO, Stinker Stores
Cord Christensen, CEO, PetIQ
John Colgrove, President, Intermountain Division, Albertsons Companies
Hart Gilchrist, Vice President of Safety, Process Improvement & Operations Systems, Intermountain Gas, Visit Boise Chair
Todd Gill, President & CEO, United Heritage Insurance
Jessica Hagan, President & General Manager, KTVB News Group
Laura Kendall, Executive Director, Velma V. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts
Fran Malecha, President and CEO, Amalgamated Sugar Company
Tom Mortell, Co-Managing Partner, Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley, LLP and BVEP Chair & Policy Committee Chair
Neil Nelson, President, E.S.I. Construction
Jeff Newgard, President & CEO, Bank of Idaho
Kelly Olson, President, Western States Equipment
Adam Richins, Chief Operating Officer, Idaho Power Company
Chris Roth, President & CEO, St. Luke’s Health System
Jim Shipman, Managing Owner, Colliers International
Mike Smith, COO, Lamb Weston
Jennifer Swindell, Founder, CEO and Managing Editor, Idaho Ed News
Jodi Whittaker, Partner, KDP Certified Public Accountants, LLP
Paul Zurlo, President and CEO, Blue Cross of Idaho Health Service, Inc.

Ex Officio members of the Board of Directors include:

Amy Lindgren, Cushing Terrell, Leadership Boise President
Rachel Flachbart Sladek, Saint Alphonsus, Boise Young Professionals

BOISE METRO CHAMBER BOARD OF ADVISORS

The Boise Metro Chamber Board of Advisors was created in 1999 to provide an additional and continued source of leadership for the Chamber in the 21st century. Because of the quality and depth of business leadership in the Boise Metro area, the Chamber and the community benefit from the knowledge, experience, and interest of corporate CEO’s and other business executives not currently serving on the Chamber’s Board of Directors.