When: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 from 5:00-6:30 pm
Where: The River Club, 6515 W State St, Boise, ID, US, 83714
Featured Speaker: Patti Perkins
Come mingle with us! Registration is FREE and encouraged. We look forward to seeing you there!
Join us for our May social hour at The Arid Club!
Patricia (Patti) Perkins joined the Idaho Department of Finance as Director in January 2020. More than 30 years of her career was spent in commercial banking in both California and Idaho where she held HR roles in addition to working as a private banking relationship officer, and SVP, Head of Retail Banking. Since 1993, Patti worked for both Bank of America and KeyBank in Idaho.
Before joining the department, she worked full-time as a consultant in her own HR workplace consulting practice, Calyx-Weaver & Associates, served as the City of Meridian’s HR Director, and worked with T-Mobile as a Human Resources Director.
She is active in various community events and will be the honorary Chairwoman of the 2025 Savvy Women & Money Conference in Boise.
Upcoming Social Hours
June
Social Hour
June 10, 2025 from 5:00-6:30 pm
Location: The Arid Club
July
Social Hour
July 8, 2025 from 5:00-6:30 pm
Location: TBD
Interested in sponsoring a Go Lead Idaho Social Hour? Please reach out to us.
Past Social Hour Presenters
Lavea Thomas
Advisor with Aspen Capital Management
Jani Revier
Director of the Idaho Department of Labor
Emily Baker
Founder + CEO of Portman Square Group
Alexis Pickering, MHS
Commission President at the Ada County Highway District (ACHD) and Program Manager of the Western Idaho Community Health Collaborative.
Alexia Armstrong Cortés
Portfolio Manager, Office of Regional Operations, AmeriCorps
Kim Kaine
Marketing/Business Development Manager at Hawley Troxell
Hana Goodrich
Hardee Real Estate & Property Management
Emily Callihan
Communications Director for Governor Little
Luci Willits
Boise City Council
City Council Member
Gloria Totoricagüena
Idaho Policy and Consulting
Business & Political Research Consultant
Krissy Veseth
Gov. Brad Little – Division of Financial Management
Health & Human Services Financial Management Analyst
Dr. Heidi Reeder
Boise State University
Professor of Communication
Sakena Lesmeister
Western States Equipment
Senior IT Project Manager
Jaime Lima
Combat Fitness/SBG Idaho
Muay Thai Coach & Team Building/Bonding Events
Jennifer Swindell
Idaho Education News
Managing Editor & CEO
Megan Hill
Ada County Clerk’s Office
Voting in Idaho with an Elections Specialist
Hannah Day
Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare
Women’s Health Check Program
Vicki S. Growler
The Idaho Statesman
Retired Editor & Journalist
Elli Brown
Idaho National Laboratories
Inclusion & Diversity Programs & Workforce Outreach
Angela Taylor
Indulge Boise
Women & Entrepreneurship: Empowering Communities
JoAnn Lighty
Boise State University
Career Path Spotlight
Paige Dinger
Faces of Hope Foundation
Helping Women in Distress
Amy Vecchione
Boise State University
Embrace Your Path
Julie Ellsworth
Idaho State Treasurer
Expect the Unexpected When Leading
Nakisha Chapman
Idaho Department of Corrections
Assimilating Back into Society
Linda Riley
Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation
How to Flex Your Philanthropic Muscles
Karlee May
Downtown Boise Association
Ways that Leaders Can Get Involved
Diana DeJesus
Boise Bucket List
Use Social Media to Grow a Community
Brett Denton
Kvell Fitness
Taking Control of Your Body, Health, & Fitness
Brenda Dixon
Deloitte
Making Total Health a Priority with a Busy Career
Beth Oppenheimer
Idaho Assn. for Education of Young Children
Misconceptions of Childcare in Idaho
Shawna Walz
Oppenheimer Company
Career Path Spotlight
Mayor Debbie Kling
City of Nampa
Role of Female Leaders in Government
Melissa Davlin
Idaho Reports
What is Happening in Idaho Politics?
Amy Little
Idaho Non-Profit Center
Women in the Non-Profit World
Melanie Flake
Idaho Education News Blogger
Parental Involvement is a Key Driver to Student Success
Erika Birch
Strindberg & Scholnick, LLC
Sexual Harassment & Sexism
Carlyn Blake
The Idaho Food Bank
How to Lead When You’re Not the Leader
Caroline Sobota
Gem State Radiology
Breast Cancer Myths & the Importance of Early Detection