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MEET OUR LEADERSHIP

Letter from President & CEO, Bill Connors

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Welcome! It is a pleasure to welcome you to one of the most business-friendly metro regions in America where you will see business expansion throughout our Valley. Construction cranes in downtown Boise are raising a whole new skyline for one of the West’s most rapidly growing urban destinations. Boise has been a booming business center throughout its history and continues to be a hub for a growing tech industry as well as legacy industries in food, agribusiness, health care, state government, business and financial services. 
 
This year, we're happy to share expansion in  Boise is booming  both in downtown and internationally. Our historic cultural links to the Basque Country in Spain are seen throughout our city, most specifically in our famous “Basque Block” in the heart of downtown. Our thriving tech sector has led to important business connections with Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, and the greater Pacific Rim.  Northwest Nazarene University’s growing Chinese language program is just one example of our growing relationships in Asia. Our Agri-business connections to Australia, Europe, Canada, Mexico and the rest of the Americas are equally significant.
 
Boise is also a welcoming city. Entrepreneurs looking for an affordable climate of innovation come from nearby coastal tech hubs. And, refugees come looking for a better life in a city that has welcomed hundreds of new citizens from Africa and the Middle East. Boise’s economic boom is increasingly driven by international trade, investment and a diverse entrepreneurial and human spirit. While we may be isolated, we are an internationally connected city on the rise in the beautiful American West.
 
Boise has been named in more “best of” lists. From our growing urban craft brewery scene to our increasingly respected winery trails, our hikeable and bikeable foothills trail system, our popular Boise River Greenbelt, our hip, happening downtown, our Boise State Blue Turf, our easily accessible state capitol rotunda, our professional hockey and baseball teams, our world class ski resort, our expanding convention facilities, as well as exciting hotel, restaurant, and arts scene, the Boise Metro area will surprise you.
 
On behalf of the nearly 2,000 Boise Metro Chamber member businesses, we welcome you to America’s most livable and likeable city!

2023 Executive Committee

  • Odette Bolano, President and CEO of Saint Alphonsus Health System, Executive Committee Chair
  • Emily Baker, Founder and Chair of Portman Square Group, 2023 Executive Committee as Past Chair
  • Bill Connors, President & CEO of the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce
  • Tom Van Hemelryck, Regional President of WaFd Bank, Treasurer
  • Gerald Hunter, President of the Idaho Housing & Finance Association, At Large
  • ​Rebecca Hupp, Airport Director of the Boise Airport, At Large
  • Dan Price, Community Banking President of Mountain West Bank, Executive Board Chair-Elect
  • Matthew Walters, Shareholder of Elam & Burke, Of Counsel​

2023 Board of Directors

  • Adam Altwies, General Manager of Inn at 500, will serve as the Visit Boise Chair
  • Erin Anderson, Executive Director of the Idaho Botanical Gardens
  • April Arnzen, Chief People Officer at Micron Technology and President of the Micron Foundation
  • Michael Ballantyne, Managing Partner at TOK Commercial Real Estate
  • Nate Brazier, President & COO of Stinker Stores
  • Cord Christensen, CEO of PetIQ
  • Laura Cobb, Vice President of Public Relations at Citi
  • Kate Eldridge, Area Manager at HDR Engineering
  • Todd Gill, President & CEO of United Heritage Insurance
  • Jessica Hagan, President & General Manager of KTVB News Group
  • Garrett Lofto, President & CEO of J.R. Simplot Company
  • Charlene Maher, CEO of Blue Cross of Idaho Health Service
  • John McCreedy, President & CEO of Amalgamated Sugar Company
  • Susan Morris, Executive VP & Chief Operations Officer of Albertsons Companies
  • Thomas J. Mortell, Partner at Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley, LLP and Chair of the Policy Committee leading government advocacy efforts
  • Jeff Newgard, President & CEO of Bank of Idaho
  • Kelly Olson, President of Western States Equipment
  • Adam Richins, Chief Operating Officer of Idaho Power Company
  • Chris Roth, President & CEO of St. Luke’s Health System
  • Dean Sandros, Sr. VP and Chief Investment Officer at United Heritage Insurance, BVEP Chair 
  • Jim Shipman, Managing Owner of Colliers International
  • Jennifer Swindell, Founder and CEO of Idaho Ed News
  • ​​Tom Werner, President & CEO of Lamb Weston
  • Jodi Whittaker, Managing Partner of KDP Certified Public Accountants, LLP ​

Ex Officio members of the Board of Directors include:
  • Lee Scott, of Unleashing Leaders, Leadership Boise President
  • Adan David Callsen, of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Executive Boise Young Professionals Chair
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BOARD OF ADVISORS

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Alaska Airlines
Albertsons LLC
Alliance Title & Escrow Corporation
Amalgamated Sugar
Amazon Pharmacy
Americor
AmerisourceBergen
Amherst Madison
Ardurra
AT&T Services, Inc.
The AZEK Company
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bank of Idaho
Banner Bank Commercial Banking Center
Berkley North Pacific Group
Blue Cross of Idaho
Boise Airport
Boise Cascade Company
Boise State University
Boise State Athletics
Bronco Motors Hyundai
Chase Bank, N.A.
Citi
Cloverdale Funeral Home, Cemetery & Cremation
Cold Chain LLC
Colliers International
Commercial Tire
Compu-Net
CS Beef Packers
CSHQA
Cushing Terrell
College of Western Idaho
Delta Dental
D.L. Evans Bank
East Idaho Credit Union
​Eide Bailly LLP
Eiguren | Merrill Public Policy Firm
Elam & Burke
​ESI Construction
Executive Cleaning
​First National Title
First Interstate Bank
​Gardner Company

Garden Plaza of Valley View
Hardin Sanitation

Hawley Troxell
HDR
Hillcrest Bank
Holland & Hart LLP

HP Inc.
Idaho Association of General Contractors
Idaho Botanical Garden
Idaho Central Credit Union
Idaho First Bank

Idaho Housing and Finance Association
Idaho Power Company
Idaho Statesman
Idaho Steelheads
Idaho Trust Bank
Intermountain Gas Company
Intermountain Healthcare

J.A. & Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation
J.R. Simplot Company
Jacksons
Jacobs
KDP Certified Public Accountants, LLP

KeyBank N.A.
KPMG LLP
KTVB News Group - NBC
Lactalis American Group, Inc.
Lamb Weston
Larry H. Miller Chrysler Jeep Dodge
Lumen
Micron Technology, Inc.
Modig Leadership
Mountain West Bank, Division of Glacier Bank

​Northwest Bank
Northwest Nazarene University
Oppenheimer Companies, Inc.
Optum
PacificSource Health Plans
Perkins Coie LLP

PetIQ
PMF Companies 
​Portman Square Group
Regence BlueShield of Idaho
Republic Services
The Riverside Hotel
Saint Alphonsus Health System

Scentsy, Inc.
Scripps Media, Inc.
Select Health
Shaw Mountain of Cascadia

Small Mine Development
Sparklight
St. Luke’s Health System

Stinker Stores
Stoel Rives LLP

Sysco Idaho, Inc.
T-Mobile USA
TOK Commercial Real Estate
Top Golf

U.S. Bank
UBS Financial Services Inc.
Umpqua Bank
​United Heritage Insurance

United Parcel Service
University of Idaho Boise
Veolia
Verizon Wireless

WaFd Bank
Washington Trust Bank
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Western States CAT
WinCo Foods, LLC

Zions Bank
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Monday 8AM–4:30PM
Tuesday 8AM–4:30PM
Wednesday 8AM–4:30PM
Thursday 8AM–4:30PM
​Friday 8AM–3:00PM
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Boise Metro Chamber
1101 W. Front St., Suite 100
​Boise, Idaho 83702
​Phone: (208) 472-5200
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