Letter from President & CEO, Bill Connors
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!
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
Ex Officio members of the Board of Directors include:
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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. 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 Columbia Bank Commercial Tire Compu-Net CS Beef Packers CSHQA Cushing Terrell 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 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 Stinnker Stores Stoel Rives LLP Sysco Idaho, Inc. T-Mobile USA TOK Commercial Real Estate Top Golf U.S. Bank UBS Financial Services Inc. 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 |