Mark S.
Young, President Mark
S. Young is currently the Branch Manager and Registered Principal
of Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. Member FINRA/SIPC. He
is a native of Rigby, Idaho. He earned a B.A. Degree in Political
Science and Economics from Idaho State University. Mark has been
in the securities business in Idaho Falls since 1985. He began
his career as a Registered Representative with Piper Jaffray &
Hopwood. He was appointed Branch Manager of Investment Management
and Research, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Raymond James
Financial, Inc., on August 1, 1994. Mark is active in and has
played a vital role in the development of the Idaho State University
/ University of Idaho Higher Education Center (University Place)
in Idaho Falls. Mark is also an active member/Past President of
the Idaho Falls Rotary, and a member of the Idaho Falls Chamber
of Commerce. He has two sons, both veterans who served in Iraq
in recent times: Steven is a general contractor in Florida and
Adam is involved in security at the Idaho National Laboratory.
Gerald
H. Scheid, Vice President Jerry has had a life-long involvement in farming and ranching.
He has owned and managed a sheep operation between Jerome, Idaho
and Monida, Montana for a number of years. Scheid has also owned
and operated a ranch west of Idaho Falls where he lambed ewes,
ran a brood cow and yearling herd and farmed dry land wheat and
barley. From 1987 to 2006 he was a 50% partner in I. & S. Farms.
He and his partner, Ralph Isom, farmed about 10,000 irrigated
acres and rean a 550 head cow-calf herd. He retired from I. &
S. Farms in 2006 but still owns and operates a 2,500 acre summer
ranch in the Centennial Valley of Montana. He also manages a 600
head cow herd for Ralph Isom. Scheid is a former director of the
Bonneville County Cattlemen’s Association, a former chairman of
Idaho Falls and Bonneville County Planning and Zoning Commisions,
a founding member CHC Foundation, a former member of the Community
Hospital Board, a former president of Idaho Falls Consolidated
Hospitals, Inc., and a former chair of Eastern Idaho Regional
Medical Center board. Scheid is currently a member of the board
of trustees of the Nature Conservancy of Idaho, the president
of the Centennial Valley Association, the president of Friends
of the Red Rock National Wildlife Refuge, and Centennial Valley,
and is a board member of the Idaho Falls City Club.
David Smith,
Treasurer Mr.
Smith has over 30 years experience in accounting. His firm, Smith
and Company CPAs PLLC provided traditional accounting services
until 2007, when Mr. Smith sold his accounting and tax practice
in order to specialize in business valuations and forensic accounting.
Mr. Smith is a Certified Valuation Analyst, a CPA Accredited in
Business Valuations, a Certified Machinery & Equipment Appraiser,
a Forensic Certified Public Accountant, and a Certified Forensic
Financial Analyst. He is a charter member of the Financial Consulting
Group and is a charter SBV Consultant. Mr. Smith has been called
upon to serve as an expert witness in business valuation cases,
commercial economic damages and personal injury cases. The personal
injury cases have included wrongful discharge, age and sex discrimination,
and out-of-pocket costs & continuing medical care. He has testified
in state and federal court, conducted hearings as a special master
on behalf of the court, and has been appointed special master
by stipulation on multiple occasions. Mr. Smith has served on
the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA)
Certification Board, the NACVA Litigation Forensics Board, and
as the NACVA Idaho State Chapter President. Mr. Smith received
the NACVA 2000 Outstanding Member Award. He is also a NACVA instructor
teaching Current Update in Valuations.
Lexie French,
Secretary Lexie
retired a year ago, after teaching high school for 30 years at
Idaho Falls' Skyline High School. While teaching, she served as
president of the Idaho Council of Teachers of English and was
nominated as Idaho English Teacher of the Year. She was also very
active in the Idaho Falls and the Idaho Education Associations.
She was president of the local association as well as chief negotiator
for the union. Lexie
was also a representative to the National Education Association
assembly three times, once in Louisville and twice in Washington
DC. At these meetings she met Corretta Scott King, Christa McAuliffe,
and then-candidate Bill Clinton. She also received two grants
from the National Endowment for the Humanities to attend summer
conferences at Wayne State University in Detroit and the University
of Rochester in Rochester, New York, to study fairy tales and
myths. Aside
from family and work, a great deal of her time has been spent
in community activities. She has been president of the Idaho Falls
branch of the American Association of University Women and the
Bonneville County Junior Achievement Board of Directors. She was
on the Idaho Humanities Council for 4 years and was instrumental
in creating the Council’s grants for Idaho public school teachers
of the humanities. Lexie
spent 9 years on the Board of Directors of the Idaho Falls Chamber
of Commerce, which was very rewarding. She received from the Chamber
both the Service to the Chamber and the Service to the Community
awards. Later, she was chair of the Chamber Cultural Committee,
and they obtained the funding and commissioned the artist for
the Snake River Trapper statue on Memorial Drive. She
is also a member of the Rotary Club, and is the co-author of a
history of Idaho Falls’ Women titled Second Stories. Her
favorite activity now is acting. She is on the board of directors
for Idaho Falls’ Actors’ Repertory Theatre of Idaho or ARTI. She
has been in several productions over the past seven years, playing
among others, a ditsy grandmother, an opinionated analyst, and
a charming hooker.
David Adler David
Gray Adler is the James A. McClure Professor and Director of the
James A. and Louise McClure Center for Public Policy Research
at the University of Idaho, where he teaches constitutional law
in the College of Law. A recipient of writing, teaching and civic
awards, Adler has lectured nationally and internationally on the
Constitution and the American Presidency, including lectures at
some 30 colleges and universities. The author of more than 100
scholarly articles, Adler has published in the leading journals
of his field. His books include: The Constitution and the Termination
of Treaties; The Constitution and the Conduct of American Foreign
Policy; a two-volume work, American Constitutional Law; The Presidency
and the Law: The Clinton Legacy; and forthcoming titles, Presidential
Power and the Constitution; Presidential Power in Foreign Affairs:
United States v. Curtiss-Wright, and The Steel Seizure Case: The
President and the Constitution. Adler's work has been cited by
both Republicans and Democrats in all three branches of the federal
government, including his commentaries on impeachment and the
war power. His lectures have aired on C-Span, and he has done
interviews with dozens of reporters, including those with the
New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, the Los
Angeles Times, Washington Times, National Review, NBC, NPR and
the BBC.
Gregory
L. Crockett Gregory
L. Crockett is the Managing Partner of Hopkins Roden Crockett
Hansen and Hoopes Law Firm. His law practice is general with emphasis
on civil and commercial litigation, insurance defense, negligence
real estate contracts, business associations and banking. He continues
to personally serve a broad array of diverse clients with both
general and specific needs for his problem solving skills. Mr.
Crockett is a lifetime resident of Idaho Falls with deep roots
in the community. He served as the first student body president
of Skyline High School and attended the University of Idaho where
he earned a degree in Business Administration and Finance in 1971
and a Juris Doctorate in 1974. He is a member of the Idaho State
Bar and its Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Sections. He is admitted
to practice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the
Federal District Court for the District of Idaho. He is a recipient
of the Idaho State Bar’s Pro Bono Service Award. Mr. Crockett
has been active in his community and is a former president of
the Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce, Idaho Falls Rotary
Club, Idaho Falls Family YMCA and Friends of KISU, Idaho Public
Television, Idaho Falls Downtown Development Corporation, and
Grow Idaho Falls, Inc. He currently serves as president of the
Idaho Falls Historic Downtown Foundation, Inc. and vice-president
of Partnership for Science and Technology. He and his wife, Tricia,
are the parents of one son and enjoy golf, cross-country and downhill
skiing, white water rafting and Idaho 's great outdoors.
John D.
Hansen John
Hansen began his legal career in Idaho in 1959. A native and lifelong
resident of Idaho , he graduated from the University of Idaho
with degrees in Agricultural Economics and Law. He practiced with
firms in both Boise and Idaho Falls before founding a partnership
with his brother, Orval Hansen. After his brother's election to
the United States House of Representatives, Mr. Hansen developed
and was senior partner in the firm of Hansen, Beard, St. Clair,
Peterson and Sullivan before joining the firm of Hopkins Roden
Crockett Hansen & Hoopes in 1992. Mr. Hansen is a member of the
Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Idaho Trial Lawyers
Association, the Idaho State Bar Association and the Seventh Judicial
District Bar Association. Mr. Hansen has served the profession
as a member of numerous state and local bar committees. His practice
focuses on real estate and water law, estate planning and administration
and related litigation. Mr. Hansen was elected to the Idaho State
Senate in 1986 and served six terms. In the Senate he served as
chairman of the Human Resources Committee, Education Committee,
and the State Affairs Committee. He was the ranking member of
the Resource and Environment Committee and a member of the Joint
Finance and Appropriations Committee (JFAC). Mr. Hansen also served
as Idaho commissioner and vice chairman of the Education Commission
of the States and is a member and chairman of the Six State Pacific
Fisheries Legislative Task Force, as well as numerous interim
committees and task forces. Mr. Hansen is married to Michele A.
Hansen and has three children. He has a long history of community
service. His hobbies and recreational interests include fishing,
hunting, both downhill and cross-country skiing as well as white
water rafting.
Karole
Honas Karole
was born and raised in Gooding, Idaho. This makes her one of the
few "born and bred" Idahoans in local television. Sometimes she
thinks this gives her a bit of an edge since she knows and understands
Idaho issues, and she cares so much about the state's future and
people. Karole attended the University of Idaho and obtained a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. After graduation, Karole
married Ken Honas from Blackfoot. This is what brought her to
Eastern Idaho. Karole started her career here in eastern Idaho.
Karole held many positions including Assignment Editor, Assistant
News Director, and she even handled the sports anchoring duties
for several months. Karole stayed home for several years when
she had her children. She has three boys, Kristopher, Kreighton
and Karson. She returned to television news when KIFI called and
asked her to fill in for an anchor on maternity leave. Karole
never left, and she continues to anchor the news on KIFI. Join
Karole weeknights on Local News 8 at 5, Local News 8 at 6 and
Local News 8 at 10. KIFI Local News 8 eastern Idaho's most watched
local news station.
D. Fredrick
Hoopes Fred
Hoopes, a native of Idaho , was admitted to practice law in 1973
after graduating from law school at Texas Tech University in Lubbock
. He attended undergraduate school at Brigham Young University
and American University in Washington , D.C. while employed by
the late Senator Frank F. Church. After eight years of solo practice,
he joined the law firm of Hopkins Roden Crockett Hansen & Hoopes
in January 1982. He is an Adjunct Professor and Visiting Lecturer
in Law for Trial Practice at the University of Idaho College of
Law in Moscow , Idaho . He is certified by the Idaho Trial Lawyers
Association as a Civil and Criminal Trial Specialist. He is certified
by the Idaho Supreme Court as a civil litigation mediator. Mr.
Hoopes also participates in the American Bar Association and the
Idaho State Bar, including the section on litigation practice.
Mr. Hoopes is a recipient of the Thurgood Marshall Liberty Award
from the American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho for the successful
defense of a death row inmate. He is a Fellow in the American
College of Trial Lawyers also belonging to the ACTL’s Idaho State
Committee and the ACTL’s Teaching, Trial and Appellate Advocacy
Committee. He is a Member of the Idaho Supreme Court Advisory
Committee on Evidence. He is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Mr. Hoopes is a former President of the Idaho State Bar and a
former President of the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association. He is
a former Member of the Board of Governors for the Association
of Trial Lawyers of America and a former Member of the Board of
Directors for the Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
He maintains a substantial litigation practice which involves
personal injury, wrongful death, criminal defense, and civil and
criminal case mediation. He is also active in public and community
affairs. Mr. Hoopes has a Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating
of AV.
C. Timothy
Hopkins Tim
Hopkins is a founder and the senior partner of the Hopkins Roden
Crockett Hansen & Hoopes Law Firm. Born March 30, 1936, he is
a native of Idaho Falls , Idaho , and a 1960 graduate of Stanford
University . He received his law degree in 1963 from the George
Washington University Law School , with honors, and is a member
of the Order of the Coif. During law school he served as associate
editor of the George Washington Law Review. He is a member of
the Idaho State Bar and the State Bar of California, and is admitted
to practice before those state courts, as well as federal trial
courts, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States
Supreme Court. He was a member of the Idaho State Bar Commission
from 1988-1991, and served as president of the Idaho State Bar
in 1990-1991. He is also a member of the American Bar Association,
where he served as Idaho State Bar Delegate to the House of Delegates
from 1992 through 1997; and where he currently serves as Idaho
State Delegate. He was a member of the board of directors of the
Idaho Law Foundation from 1983 to 1988 and is a Fellow of the
American Bar Foundation and Idaho State Chair. Mr. Hopkins has
also been active in his community and is a former president of
the United Way of Idaho Falls and Bonneville County, Inc., Idaho
Falls Rotary Club and the Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce.
He has served as chairman of the board of directors of the Eastern
Idaho Economic Development Council, Inc., and is currently chair
of the board of directors of the Nature Conservancy of Idaho and
a member of the Idaho State University Foundation board. He and
his wife, Anne, are the parents of three children. His practice
emphasizes civil trial and appellate practice, corporate, commercial,
real property and public interest law. Mr. Hopkins' avocational
interests have much to do with his love for Idaho and the outdoors.
He is a horseman, bird hunter and fly-fisherman and enjoys both
downhill and cross-country skiing.
Ann Howell Ann
Howell is the Director for Enrollment Services for Idaho State
University in Idaho Falls at University Place. She is a long time
resident of the area moving here in the early 50's when her father
was transferred to Idaho Falls with the Atomic Energy Commission.
Ann received her undergraduate degree from Utah State University
with a B.S. in History and a Secondary Teaching Certificate. She
moved home to teach Sophomore English at Skyline High School in
1971. A family owned and operated business, Kelly Canyon Ski Area
, took Ann away from the education field for a number of years
but she returned to Idaho State University in the late 80's to
earn a Master of Counseling Degree. In 1991, Ann returned to her
alma mater, Idaho Falls High School, as a guidance counselor.
In 1997, she had to opportunity to serve as interim director for
ISU's programs in Idaho Falls at the Center for Higher Education,
a position which later become permanent. The position has not
only been challenging but has also afforded Ann the chance to
share in the exciting growth of programs and students at the Center.
Ann is a member of the Idaho Falls Rotary Club. She is president
of the John and Olive Adams Scholarship Foundation which awards
$20,0000 in renewable scholarships each year to students who will
be attending colleges in Idaho and majoring in physical or social
sciences. Ann is also chair for the Education Committee of the
Idaho Falls Chamber. She will be the fund raising chair for the
Idaho Falls Symphony for the 2008-2009 season. Ann has three children
and four grandchildren; she and her husband Richard enjoy restoring
their old home, golfing, skiing, gardening and recreating with
family in their spare time.
Amy Lientz Amy
Lientz is currently Director of Communications and Governmental
Affairs for the Idaho National Laboratory. She is responsible
for internal and external communications and stakeholder involvement.
Ms. Lientz has managed public and media relations on numerous
environmental, design, construction, and operations projects,
and developed numerous community relations plans, press packets,
press releases, marketing materials and sponsorship packages.
She has experience in interfacing with local communities, economic
development organizations, citizens groups, and regulatory and
government entities as well as interface with numerous local,
state, and federal elected officials. She is held the chair position
of the local Economic Development Agency, Grow Idaho Falls and
has held numerous positions of National and local leadership including
organization such as the Energy Community Alliance, Idaho Chamber
Association, and the Idaho Falls Arts Council.
Laurel
Sayer Laurel
Sayer has lived in Idaho Falls since 1988. She has worked for
Congressman Mike Simpson since 1999, as the director of Resources
and INL issues in Idaho. She works diligently to be the eyes and
ears for Congressman Simpson and his DC staff working with local
governments, agencies, and constituents on a variety of issues
and events in southeastern Idaho. Because of her belief that the
arts can enhance an individual’s and community’s way of life,
Laurel has served since 1999 on both the Idaho Commission on the
Arts as a commissioner and the Idaho Falls Arts Council as a board
member and past chair. She has also served six years on the Board
of Directors of the Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce and
one year as its Chairman. Other boards that she has been on are
Idaho Community Foundation Eastern Idaho Advisory Board, Yellowstone
Business Partnership, and the early years of the District 93 Education
Foundation. Laurel is a past president of Bonneville County Republican
Women and past Republican Precinct Committeeman for 16 years.
Laurel has six children, four step children and 10 grandchildren.
She and her husband, Jeffery Sayer, love spending their time together
attending art events and in Idaho’s outdoors: fishing, skiing,
camping, and rafting with family and friends.
Mark
S. Young is currently the Branch Manager and Registered Principal
of Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. Member FINRA/SIPC. He
is a native of Rigby, Idaho. He earned a B.A. Degree in Political
Science and Economics from Idaho State University. Mark has been
in the securities business in Idaho Falls since 1985. He began
his career as a Registered Representative with Piper Jaffray &
Hopwood. He was appointed Branch Manager of Investment Management
and Research, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Raymond James
Financial, Inc., on August 1, 1994. Mark is active in and has
played a vital role in the development of the Idaho State University
/ University of Idaho Higher Education Center (University Place)
in Idaho Falls. Mark is also an active member/Past President of
the Idaho Falls Rotary, and a member of the Idaho Falls Chamber
of Commerce. He has two sons, both veterans who served in Iraq
in recent times: Steven is a general contractor in Florida and
Adam is involved in security at the Idaho National Laboratory.
Mr.
Smith has over 30 years experience in accounting. His firm, Smith
and Company CPAs PLLC provided traditional accounting services
until 2007, when Mr. Smith sold his accounting and tax practice
in order to specialize in business valuations and forensic accounting.
Mr. Smith is a Certified Valuation Analyst, a CPA Accredited in
Business Valuations, a Certified Machinery & Equipment Appraiser,
a Forensic Certified Public Accountant, and a Certified Forensic
Financial Analyst. He is a charter member of the Financial Consulting
Group and is a charter SBV Consultant. Mr. Smith has been called
upon to serve as an expert witness in business valuation cases,
commercial economic damages and personal injury cases. The personal
injury cases have included wrongful discharge, age and sex discrimination,
and out-of-pocket costs & continuing medical care. He has testified
in state and federal court, conducted hearings as a special master
on behalf of the court, and has been appointed special master
by stipulation on multiple occasions. Mr. Smith has served on
the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA)
Certification Board, the NACVA Litigation Forensics Board, and
as the NACVA Idaho State Chapter President. Mr. Smith received
the NACVA 2000 Outstanding Member Award. He is also a NACVA instructor
teaching Current Update in Valuations.
Lexie
retired a year ago, after teaching high school for 30 years at
Idaho Falls' Skyline High School. While teaching, she served as
president of the Idaho Council of Teachers of English and was
nominated as Idaho English Teacher of the Year. She was also very
active in the Idaho Falls and the Idaho Education Associations.
She was president of the local association as well as chief negotiator
for the union. Lexie
was also a representative to the National Education Association
assembly three times, once in Louisville and twice in Washington
DC. At these meetings she met Corretta Scott King, Christa McAuliffe,
and then-candidate Bill Clinton. She also received two grants
from the National Endowment for the Humanities to attend summer
conferences at Wayne State University in Detroit and the University
of Rochester in Rochester, New York, to study fairy tales and
myths. Aside
from family and work, a great deal of her time has been spent
in community activities. She has been president of the Idaho Falls
branch of the American Association of University Women and the
Bonneville County Junior Achievement Board of Directors. She was
on the Idaho Humanities Council for 4 years and was instrumental
in creating the Council’s grants for Idaho public school teachers
of the humanities. Lexie
spent 9 years on the Board of Directors of the Idaho Falls Chamber
of Commerce, which was very rewarding. She received from the Chamber
both the Service to the Chamber and the Service to the Community
awards. Later, she was chair of the Chamber Cultural Committee,
and they obtained the funding and commissioned the artist for
the Snake River Trapper statue on Memorial Drive. She
is also a member of the Rotary Club, and is the co-author of a
history of Idaho Falls’ Women titled Second Stories. Her
favorite activity now is acting. She is on the board of directors
for Idaho Falls’ Actors’ Repertory Theatre of Idaho or ARTI. She
has been in several productions over the past seven years, playing
among others, a ditsy grandmother, an opinionated analyst, and
a charming hooker.
David
Gray Adler is the James A. McClure Professor and Director of the
James A. and Louise McClure Center for Public Policy Research
at the University of Idaho, where he teaches constitutional law
in the College of Law. A recipient of writing, teaching and civic
awards, Adler has lectured nationally and internationally on the
Constitution and the American Presidency, including lectures at
some 30 colleges and universities. The author of more than 100
scholarly articles, Adler has published in the leading journals
of his field. His books include: The Constitution and the Termination
of Treaties; The Constitution and the Conduct of American Foreign
Policy; a two-volume work, American Constitutional Law; The Presidency
and the Law: The Clinton Legacy; and forthcoming titles, Presidential
Power and the Constitution; Presidential Power in Foreign Affairs:
United States v. Curtiss-Wright, and The Steel Seizure Case: The
President and the Constitution. Adler's work has been cited by
both Republicans and Democrats in all three branches of the federal
government, including his commentaries on impeachment and the
war power. His lectures have aired on C-Span, and he has done
interviews with dozens of reporters, including those with the
New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, the Los
Angeles Times, Washington Times, National Review, NBC, NPR and
the BBC.
Gregory
L. Crockett is the Managing Partner of Hopkins Roden Crockett
Hansen and Hoopes Law Firm. His law practice is general with emphasis
on civil and commercial litigation, insurance defense, negligence
real estate contracts, business associations and banking. He continues
to personally serve a broad array of diverse clients with both
general and specific needs for his problem solving skills. Mr.
Crockett is a lifetime resident of Idaho Falls with deep roots
in the community. He served as the first student body president
of Skyline High School and attended the University of Idaho where
he earned a degree in Business Administration and Finance in 1971
and a Juris Doctorate in 1974. He is a member of the Idaho State
Bar and its Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Sections. He is admitted
to practice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the
Federal District Court for the District of Idaho. He is a recipient
of the Idaho State Bar’s Pro Bono Service Award. Mr. Crockett
has been active in his community and is a former president of
the Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce, Idaho Falls Rotary
Club, Idaho Falls Family YMCA and Friends of KISU, Idaho Public
Television, Idaho Falls Downtown Development Corporation, and
Grow Idaho Falls, Inc. He currently serves as president of the
Idaho Falls Historic Downtown Foundation, Inc. and vice-president
of Partnership for Science and Technology. He and his wife, Tricia,
are the parents of one son and enjoy golf, cross-country and downhill
skiing, white water rafting and Idaho 's great outdoors.
John
Hansen began his legal career in Idaho in 1959. A native and lifelong
resident of Idaho , he graduated from the University of Idaho
with degrees in Agricultural Economics and Law. He practiced with
firms in both Boise and Idaho Falls before founding a partnership
with his brother, Orval Hansen. After his brother's election to
the United States House of Representatives, Mr. Hansen developed
and was senior partner in the firm of Hansen, Beard, St. Clair,
Peterson and Sullivan before joining the firm of Hopkins Roden
Crockett Hansen & Hoopes in 1992. Mr. Hansen is a member of the
Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Idaho Trial Lawyers
Association, the Idaho State Bar Association and the Seventh Judicial
District Bar Association. Mr. Hansen has served the profession
as a member of numerous state and local bar committees. His practice
focuses on real estate and water law, estate planning and administration
and related litigation. Mr. Hansen was elected to the Idaho State
Senate in 1986 and served six terms. In the Senate he served as
chairman of the Human Resources Committee, Education Committee,
and the State Affairs Committee. He was the ranking member of
the Resource and Environment Committee and a member of the Joint
Finance and Appropriations Committee (JFAC). Mr. Hansen also served
as Idaho commissioner and vice chairman of the Education Commission
of the States and is a member and chairman of the Six State Pacific
Fisheries Legislative Task Force, as well as numerous interim
committees and task forces. Mr. Hansen is married to Michele A.
Hansen and has three children. He has a long history of community
service. His hobbies and recreational interests include fishing,
hunting, both downhill and cross-country skiing as well as white
water rafting.
Karole
was born and raised in Gooding, Idaho. This makes her one of the
few "born and bred" Idahoans in local television. Sometimes she
thinks this gives her a bit of an edge since she knows and understands
Idaho issues, and she cares so much about the state's future and
people. Karole attended the University of Idaho and obtained a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. After graduation, Karole
married Ken Honas from Blackfoot. This is what brought her to
Eastern Idaho. Karole started her career here in eastern Idaho.
Karole held many positions including Assignment Editor, Assistant
News Director, and she even handled the sports anchoring duties
for several months. Karole stayed home for several years when
she had her children. She has three boys, Kristopher, Kreighton
and Karson. She returned to television news when KIFI called and
asked her to fill in for an anchor on maternity leave. Karole
never left, and she continues to anchor the news on KIFI. Join
Karole weeknights on Local News 8 at 5, Local News 8 at 6 and
Local News 8 at 10. KIFI Local News 8 eastern Idaho's most watched
local news station.
Fred
Hoopes, a native of Idaho , was admitted to practice law in 1973
after graduating from law school at Texas Tech University in Lubbock
. He attended undergraduate school at Brigham Young University
and American University in Washington , D.C. while employed by
the late Senator Frank F. Church. After eight years of solo practice,
he joined the law firm of Hopkins Roden Crockett Hansen & Hoopes
in January 1982. He is an Adjunct Professor and Visiting Lecturer
in Law for Trial Practice at the University of Idaho College of
Law in Moscow , Idaho . He is certified by the Idaho Trial Lawyers
Association as a Civil and Criminal Trial Specialist. He is certified
by the Idaho Supreme Court as a civil litigation mediator. Mr.
Hoopes also participates in the American Bar Association and the
Idaho State Bar, including the section on litigation practice.
Mr. Hoopes is a recipient of the Thurgood Marshall Liberty Award
from the American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho for the successful
defense of a death row inmate. He is a Fellow in the American
College of Trial Lawyers also belonging to the ACTL’s Idaho State
Committee and the ACTL’s Teaching, Trial and Appellate Advocacy
Committee. He is a Member of the Idaho Supreme Court Advisory
Committee on Evidence. He is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Mr. Hoopes is a former President of the Idaho State Bar and a
former President of the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association. He is
a former Member of the Board of Governors for the Association
of Trial Lawyers of America and a former Member of the Board of
Directors for the Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
He maintains a substantial litigation practice which involves
personal injury, wrongful death, criminal defense, and civil and
criminal case mediation. He is also active in public and community
affairs. Mr. Hoopes has a Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating
of AV.
Tim
Hopkins is a founder and the senior partner of the Hopkins Roden
Crockett Hansen & Hoopes Law Firm. Born March 30, 1936, he is
a native of Idaho Falls , Idaho , and a 1960 graduate of Stanford
University . He received his law degree in 1963 from the George
Washington University Law School , with honors, and is a member
of the Order of the Coif. During law school he served as associate
editor of the George Washington Law Review. He is a member of
the Idaho State Bar and the State Bar of California, and is admitted
to practice before those state courts, as well as federal trial
courts, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States
Supreme Court. He was a member of the Idaho State Bar Commission
from 1988-1991, and served as president of the Idaho State Bar
in 1990-1991. He is also a member of the American Bar Association,
where he served as Idaho State Bar Delegate to the House of Delegates
from 1992 through 1997; and where he currently serves as Idaho
State Delegate. He was a member of the board of directors of the
Idaho Law Foundation from 1983 to 1988 and is a Fellow of the
American Bar Foundation and Idaho State Chair. Mr. Hopkins has
also been active in his community and is a former president of
the United Way of Idaho Falls and Bonneville County, Inc., Idaho
Falls Rotary Club and the Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce.
He has served as chairman of the board of directors of the Eastern
Idaho Economic Development Council, Inc., and is currently chair
of the board of directors of the Nature Conservancy of Idaho and
a member of the Idaho State University Foundation board. He and
his wife, Anne, are the parents of three children. His practice
emphasizes civil trial and appellate practice, corporate, commercial,
real property and public interest law. Mr. Hopkins' avocational
interests have much to do with his love for Idaho and the outdoors.
He is a horseman, bird hunter and fly-fisherman and enjoys both
downhill and cross-country skiing.
Ann
Howell is the Director for Enrollment Services for Idaho State
University in Idaho Falls at University Place. She is a long time
resident of the area moving here in the early 50's when her father
was transferred to Idaho Falls with the Atomic Energy Commission.
Ann received her undergraduate degree from Utah State University
with a B.S. in History and a Secondary Teaching Certificate. She
moved home to teach Sophomore English at Skyline High School in
1971. A family owned and operated business, Kelly Canyon Ski Area
, took Ann away from the education field for a number of years
but she returned to Idaho State University in the late 80's to
earn a Master of Counseling Degree. In 1991, Ann returned to her
alma mater, Idaho Falls High School, as a guidance counselor.
In 1997, she had to opportunity to serve as interim director for
ISU's programs in Idaho Falls at the Center for Higher Education,
a position which later become permanent. The position has not
only been challenging but has also afforded Ann the chance to
share in the exciting growth of programs and students at the Center.
Ann is a member of the Idaho Falls Rotary Club. She is president
of the John and Olive Adams Scholarship Foundation which awards
$20,0000 in renewable scholarships each year to students who will
be attending colleges in Idaho and majoring in physical or social
sciences. Ann is also chair for the Education Committee of the
Idaho Falls Chamber. She will be the fund raising chair for the
Idaho Falls Symphony for the 2008-2009 season. Ann has three children
and four grandchildren; she and her husband Richard enjoy restoring
their old home, golfing, skiing, gardening and recreating with
family in their spare time.
Amy
Lientz is currently Director of Communications and Governmental
Affairs for the Idaho National Laboratory. She is responsible
for internal and external communications and stakeholder involvement.
Ms. Lientz has managed public and media relations on numerous
environmental, design, construction, and operations projects,
and developed numerous community relations plans, press packets,
press releases, marketing materials and sponsorship packages.
She has experience in interfacing with local communities, economic
development organizations, citizens groups, and regulatory and
government entities as well as interface with numerous local,
state, and federal elected officials. She is held the chair position
of the local Economic Development Agency, Grow Idaho Falls and
has held numerous positions of National and local leadership including
organization such as the Energy Community Alliance, Idaho Chamber
Association, and the Idaho Falls Arts Council.
Laurel
Sayer has lived in Idaho Falls since 1988. She has worked for
Congressman Mike Simpson since 1999, as the director of Resources
and INL issues in Idaho. She works diligently to be the eyes and
ears for Congressman Simpson and his DC staff working with local
governments, agencies, and constituents on a variety of issues
and events in southeastern Idaho. Because of her belief that the
arts can enhance an individual’s and community’s way of life,
Laurel has served since 1999 on both the Idaho Commission on the
Arts as a commissioner and the Idaho Falls Arts Council as a board
member and past chair. She has also served six years on the Board
of Directors of the Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce and
one year as its Chairman. Other boards that she has been on are
Idaho Community Foundation Eastern Idaho Advisory Board, Yellowstone
Business Partnership, and the early years of the District 93 Education
Foundation. Laurel is a past president of Bonneville County Republican
Women and past Republican Precinct Committeeman for 16 years.
Laurel has six children, four step children and 10 grandchildren.
She and her husband, Jeffery Sayer, love spending their time together
attending art events and in Idaho’s outdoors: fishing, skiing,
camping, and rafting with family and friends.