As a professor at Whitworth, Vange Ocasio Hochheimer strives to equip students to be critical thinkers with tools to enhance what works and to challenge and fix what doesn’t.

Barry Baker has been building relationships at Baker Construction & Development Inc. for over 45 years.

Less than a decade after Jordan Tampien co-founded 4 Degrees Real Estate, the developer and entrepreneur has grown into a champion of multifamily residential development.

Jerry Dicker has been a champion of Spokane's downtown entertainment district since acquiring the Hotel Ruby in 2010.

John J. Hemmingson, an entrepreneur, business executive, and philanthropist, is co-founder and CEO of Lakeside Cos., which spans multiple business sectors.

A 2020 Spokane Journal of Business Rising Star, attorney Natasha Hill has positioned herself in Spokane as a leader of the Black community.

As chief executive of MultiCare Health System’s Inland Northwest Region, Alex Jackson oversees MultiCare Deaconess Hospital, MultiCare Valley Hospital, and MultiCare Rockwood Clinic.

With over 35 years of health care experience, Stacey continues to steer Spokane’s largest health care system through the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Within a year's time, Spokane chef and restaurateur Juli Norris opened two new restaurants in the up-and-coming North Bank neighborhood.

John Bryant is on a mission to make Spokane a craft beer destination.