SAVE THE DATE
May 7, 2025

The Journal of Business has opened nominations
for the 2025 INW Business Icons Awards!

 To be eligible, an honoree must:

1. Be 70 years old or older.

2. Be retired or no longer involved in their primary business.

3. Have spent a majority of his/her career in the Inland Northwest.

Tell us about your Icon by filling out the form below.
We'll take nominations until March 28.

NOMINATE

2025 Presenting Sponsors

Another Successful Event!

This annual event is a celebration of Inland Northwest business pioneers and innovators who shaped our region and positioned it to be the vibrant, prospering community it is today. Icon nominees must be living, 70 years old or older, and retired or not involved in a businesses’ day-to-day operations.

Highlights from 2024

Our 2024 Honorees

Jeanne Ager: inaugural executive director of the Greater Spokane Community Foundation, now the Innovia Foundation, and co-owner of Ager Consulting Co.

Clyde Haase: former owner of Haase Landscape Inc. and House To Home co-host

Johnny Humphreys: retired CEO of Itron Inc.

Mark Sonderen: former owner and retired president of Sonderen Packaging Inc.

Nancy Vorhees: former chief operating officer of Inland Northwest Health Services

Mike Wilson: retired president and CEO of Sacred Heart Medical Center

Photos from our 2024 event.

2024 Sponsors

Highlights from 2023

Our 2023 Honorees

Icons Supplement

Click here to read our 2023 Icons Supplement in an easy to read flip book.

Photos from our 2023 event.

Past Honorees

2022 Honorees

Anthony Bonanzino, HollisterStier Laboratories LLC
Gordon Budke, Coopers & Lybrand
Ed Clark, The Clark Co.
Nate and Roberta Greene, Empire Ford
Robert Wills, Bernardo | Wills Architects PS

2021 Honorees

Judy Cole, Avista Corp.
Rich Hadley, Greater Spokane Incorporated
Dr. Harold and Marcia Mielke, Arbor Crest Wine Cellars
Marilyn Thordarson, Sacred Heart Medical Center
Carol and Dick Wendle, Wendle Ford

2020 Honorees

Larry Brown, Landmark Restaurants
Phil Kuharski, former EVP of Fidelity Mutual
Pam Senske, former CEO of R.A. Pearson Co.
John Stone, co-founder of SRM Development LLC
Tom Tiffany, former CEO of PAML

2019 Honorees

Dave Clack Old National Bank
Harlan Douglass Douglass Properties
Leroy Nosbaum Itron Inc
Paul Redmond Washington Water Power
Larry Stanley Empire Bolt & Screw Inc.
Bill Williams Telect, Inc.
Judi Williams Telect, Inc.