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Erika Prins Simonds
10 Apr 0 CommentsERIKA PRINS SIMONDS Erika Prins Simonds has written hundreds of journalism articles, carving a niche for herself as a storyteller. That’s in her spare time. During the day, she is program coordinator for the creative non-profit
Francis Adewale
06 Feb 0 CommentsFRANCIS ADEWALE was admitted to the Washington State Bar in June 2000. He is H. George Frederickson Honors Graduate of Eastern Washington University. Francis was born in Nigeria and was sworn in as an
Judy Cornish
06 Feb 0 CommentsJUDY CORNISH Judy Cornish is an elder law attorney, author, and the founder of the Dementia & Alzheimer’s Wellbeing Network (DAWN). I spend most of my time running DAWN and my dementia care business, Palouse
Tucker Frye
06 Feb 0 CommentsTUCKER FRYE Tucker Frye was born in Bend, Oregon. Moved to Spokane very shortly after birth. I had a pretty usual upbringing, I feel like because there was not much conflict in my childhood that
Aaron Hesse
06 Feb 0 CommentsAARON HESSE Aaron Hesse is an electrical engineer and building technology specialist. He currently designs and oversees the construction of network infrastructure at Avista Utilities. He is passionate about making buildings more connected and efficient
Kristin Kinder
06 Feb 0 CommentsKRISTIN KINDER Living in eco-conscious Germany inspired Kristin Kinder to work for change at home. She has dumpster-dived all over the country and helped Fortune 500 businesses see the waste they generate in a new
Monty Lomazzi
06 Feb 0 CommentsMONTY LOMAZZI Monty Lomazzi aka “Mustang Freak” — Racing Drone Pilot and the Chapter Organizer for SpokaneFPV, a regional Tier 2 MultiGP drone racing chapter. Myself and others like me are using fields, parks, even their backyards
Ammi Midstokke
06 Feb 0 CommentsAMMI MIDSTOKKE Ammi Midstokke is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and regular contributor to several publications. During office hours, she tries to save the world with vegetables in her medical clinic, specializing in autoimmune disease and
Natasha Miserendino
06 Feb 0 CommentsNATASHA MISERENDINO Natasha Miserendino is passionate about food, teaching, and the community. Originally from Chandler, Arizona, she moved here to Spokane from San Diego, CA. After working in restaurant management for almost 10 years, life
Matthew Mitchell
06 Feb 0 CommentsMATTHEW MITCHELL Matthew Mitchell has researched the future for nearly 20 years helping organizations, governments, institutions, and individuals invent better futures through policy, investment, and planning. He is currently developing an online service to expand
Dave Paunesku
06 Feb 0 CommentsDAVE PAUNESKU Dave Paunesku studies the motivation to learn — and how learning contexts can stifle or energize that motivation. His center at Stanford University, PERTS, helps educators leverage behavioral sciences research to cultivate students’
Nick Smoot
06 Feb 0 CommentsNICK SMOOT Nick Smoot has founded and sold 3 tech companies. Now as the founder of Innovation Collective and Mountain Man Ventures (VC fund), he is focused on redefining how people and cities participate in
John Tomkowiak
06 Feb 0 CommentsJOHN TOMKOWIAK John Tomkowiak, MD, MOL, is the founding dean of the Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. A professor of psychiatry and board certified in general psychiatry, as well as a
Chris Wood
06 Feb 0 CommentsCHRIS WOOD Chris Wood’s broad business experiences and skills in the methodology of the Toyota’s Business Model, also known as Lean Thinking, has helped shape many of his future-forward views of the world. He is
Rhonda Young
06 Feb 0 CommentsRHONDA YOUNG Rhonda Young is a professor of civil engineering at Gonzaga University specializing in transportation systems. She studies the role of transportation on safety, mobility, and efficiency of communities and regions and is excited
Brady Cass
04 Dec 0 CommentsBRADY CASS Brady Cass is a healthcare industry veteran with over twenty five years of experience in serving complex market segments within the health insurance field. He has been with Cambia Health Solutions for over a
Michael Ebinger
04 Dec 0 CommentsMICHAEL EBINGER Michael Ebinger, a WSU professor, is currently the Director of the WSU Center for Innovation. His efforts and interests include commercializing technical research and evaluating the economic feasibility of new ideas and products
Salvatore Lorenzen
04 Dec 0 CommentsSALVATORE LORENZEN Salvatore Lorenzen has been in the classroom going on 15 years. In the past he’s earned a living repairing office equipment, working on classified communications systems for the US Navy, working on IT networks, personal
Ryan Bart
04 Dec 0 CommentsRYAN BART Ryan Bart, The Magic Man, has been infusing amazement in audiences large and small for over a decade. Ryan has vast performance experience both domestically and internationally. There is a difference between fooling people
Greg Nokes
04 Dec 0 CommentsGREG NOKES Greg Nokes has worked professionally with emerging technologies, networking and development for over 20 years, and has been involved in technology for over 30 years. He is an early adopter of just about every
Linda Seppa-Salisbury
04 Dec 0 CommentsLINDA SEPPA-SALISBURY Linda Seppa-Salisbury. Linda’s fifty year career as an educator includes teaching high school speech and drama, teaching life-changing communication classes at an inner city middle school, teaching at three universities, and finally teaching communication studies classes for forty years at her beloved career home, Spokane Community College (SCC). Linda, in
Aaron Crumbaugh
04 Dec 0 CommentsAARON CRUMBAUGH Aaron Crumbaugh currently works as the Executive Chef at the Spokane Club, transforming the dining experience for appreciative guests and members alike. His new series of Chefs Week PNW events at the Club showcases
Faridah Gbadamosi
04 Dec 0 CommentsFARIDAH GBADAMOSI Faridah Gbadamosi describes herself as a Black Woman Geek, each term central to her identity. She is a writer, producer, and filmmaker, originally from New York, who is a very proud alum from the
Mike & Hailey Poutiatine
04 Dec 0 CommentsMIKE & HAILEY POUTIATINE Mike and his daughter Hailey have in common a love of all things written. Both Mike and Hailey share a love of poetry and prose that inspire, challenge and encourage. Often
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