BOISE, ID: Make-A-Wish® Idaho, a nonprofit charity that grants life-changing wishes to children with critical illnesses, announces the addition of three new board members in summer 2021: Alexandra Geary, Jason Hover and Samantha Schmitt. This brings the number of board members to sixteen.
“We are thrilled to have Samantha, Jason and Alexandra join the Board. They are talented, engaged professionals and decent, caring people who will be excellent ambassadors for wish families throughout the state. Each of the new board members are invested in our mission of wish granting, and their abilities will be an asset to our organization and to the wish kids that we serve.” said Make-A-Wish Idaho President and CEO Janie Best.
Alexandra Geary is a project manager at Brio Investment Group and has experience serving on other boards. She was raised in the Wood River Valley and has deep ties to the communities and the organizations there.
“The more I learn about Make-A-Wish Idaho, the more I have grown to love what it gives back to all of Idaho’s wish families,” Alexandra said.
Jason Hover hails from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He is the co-owner of an IT consulting firm that specializes in business intelligence and data warehousing. Jason is also a cancer survivor which gives him a unique insight into and deep empathy for the plight of wish children.
Samantha Schmitt is a lawyer who serves as an associate counsel at St. Luke’s Hospital. She has a long history of community volunteerism, a background in fundraising as well as an intimate knowledge of the Idaho healthcare system, something that wish kids and wish families must navigate daily.