This month the first year EMBA participants hosted a poster forum with local business and education leaders. In this session execs shared their ideas on how to make Boise a more competitive place to live and work. Each study team created a poster and “pitched” their idea to the group. Some of the ideas generated from the class have taken hold in the community and been cultivated into real projects benefiting more than just the EMBA participants but also the people of Boise and Idaho.
The sessions were part of the Creating Competitive Advantage (EMBA 513) course and were held in the Hales Family/Chris and Barbara Petersen Imagination Lab part of the new Micron Business and Economics Building on the Boise State University Campus.
Executive Panelists:
CeCe Gassner, Economic Development Director, City of Boise
Ben Quintana, Boise City Council Member, City of Boise
Melanie Rubocki, Partner, Perkins Coie
Dr. Don Coberly, Superintendent, Boise School District
Peter Wachtell, Entrepreneur, Multiple Businesses
Tommy Ahlquuist, COO, Gardner Company
Eileen Barber, Co-founder, Keynetics





Early January began the exciting final quarter of the Executive MBA (EMBA) program for the graduating class of 2013. The “Buy it, Sell it, Join it” module aka Acquisitions, Partnerships and Divestitures was co-taught by by senior Boise State professors: Nancy Napier, Kirk Smith and Harry White, along with a plethora of outstanding business leaders from their respective industries.






