Mark and Elisabeth Michaelis, owners of IntelliTect Corp., a high-end software architecture and development company based in Spokane Valley, have made philanthropy-and particularly the fight against injustice and extreme poverty-a key element of their

Leaving a legacy to a charity can be a complex endeavor best accomplished through planned-giving strategies formed jointly by the donor, financial professionals, and fundraisers, says Kjirstin Graham, president of the Inland Northwest Planned Giving Counc

In an effort to meet rising customer demands for its products and services here, Northwestern Mutual-Inland Northwest expects to add 30 new advisers and 30 interns this year across its nine regional offices, managing partner Paul Hanson says. 'Consumer

The Smith-Barbieri Progressive Fund last year made 54 grants totaling more than $360,000 to 36 direct service providers in the Inland Northwest. The charitable foundation's founders, Don Barbieri and Sharon Smith, say it's a drop in the bucket, howe

Spokane-based information technology company Nuvodia LLC, having separated geographically from its parent company Inland Imaging last year, is expanding into other areas of medicine and strengthening its newfound foothold in the energy sector. Last June

Spokane nonprofit Beyond Pink is advocating for breast thermography as an early-screening method for breast cancer-and having success in getting more women to take the test. While the American Medical Association and others have yet to embrace the tec

Dr. John Tomkowiak, Washington State University's inaugural dean for the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, is carrying on the legacy of the medical school's namesake by implementing a few innovative ideas of his own. Tomkowiak, whose medical backgr

Continuous change in the health care industry served as the driving impetus for Group Health Cooperative as it started pursuing a partner a few years ago. That pursuit culminated at the end of last year when Oakland-based health insurer Kaiser Permanente