Auction Frogs is announced as one of Idaho Business Reviews Honorees

Friday, February 19th, 2010

The Idaho Business Review has announced its 2010 Idaho Women of the Year honorees. The 50 women will be featured in a glossy magazine publishing in the IBR on March 22, and honored at an awards dinner, beginning with a 6:30 p.m. cocktail reception, on March 18 at the Boise Centre on the Grove in downtown Boise.

Recipients this year come from a variety of professions and walks of life statewide, each embarked on her own exceptional journey to personal and professional accomplishment, simultaneously motivating those around them to strive for success as well.

The awards dinner is open to the public. Individual tickets are $60. Table sponsorships are also available. Reservations can be made by calling Megan Wood at 208-639-3520 or e-mailing her at megan.wood@idahobusinessreview.com. More information about the Idaho Women of the Year program can be found on the Idaho Business Review Web site here.

Here’s the list of this year’s recipients:

• Lisa Ikeda Bain, business strategist, TitleOne Corp., Nampa

• Brooke Baldwin, attorney, Wright Brothers Law Office, Twin Falls

• Diane Bawcom, program director Baby Steps & Children’s Formation, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Boise

• Alisa Bondurant, senior work force consultant, Idaho Department of Labor, Boise

• Susie Boring-Headlee, ADR and pro bono coordinator, U.S. District and Bankruptcy Court, Boise

• Joyce Brewer, vice president and senior relationship manager, U.S. Bank – Boise Metro Commercial Banking, Boise

• Hollis Brookover, president, Morningside LLC, Garden City

• Janie Burns, owner, Meadowlark Farm; co-owner, HomeGrown Poultry, Nampa

• Tammy de Weerd, mayor, City of Meridian, Meridian

• Jennifer Deroin, vice president and senior relationship services officer, Intermountain Community Bank, Nampa

• Dr. Margaret Doucette, medical director, St. Luke’s – Elks Wound Center; wound care program director, Boise VA Medical Center, Boise

• Debi Drake, emergency management coordinator, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise

• Megan Egbert, library assistant, Boise Public Library; volunteer, Epilepsy Foundation of Idaho, Boise

• Patti Everill, systems trainer, Office of the Idaho State Controller, Boise

• Stacy Freeburn Falkner, public affairs field organizer, Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest, Boise.

• Janet Gallimore, executive director, Idaho State Historical Society, Boise

• Becky Gates, vice president & general manager, OCM-Idaho, Boise

• Beth Geagan, owner and founder, Balance Business and Sustainable Community Connections of Idaho, Boise

• Theresa Grant, founder and executive director, Make a Difference Now, Hailey

• Margaret Wainwright Henbest, executive director, Idaho Alliance of Leaders in Nursing, Boise

• Shiloh Holmes, account executive, Clear Voice Telecom, Meridian

• Carol Jenkins, president, Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society; vice-chair and Idaho director, Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, Sagle

• Donna Jones, state controller, Office of the Idaho State Controller, Boise

• Tracy Kasper, Realtor, associate broker, part-owner, Silverhawk Realty, Caldwell

• Mandy Kayler, president, Junior League of Boise, Boise

• Nancy Wonderlich Koonce, CPA, Ataraxis Accounting & Advisory Services, Twin Falls

• Kari Korell, HR team leader, TitleOne Corp., Boise

• Dr. Camille LaCroix, president, Idaho Psychiatric Association; staff psychiatrist, Boise VA Medical Center, Boise

• Elaine Ladd, owner and pharmacist, Ladd Family Pharmacy, Boise

• Molly Lenty, manager of Idaho Region community relations, Wells Fargo, Boise

• Kim Lewis, owner, Idaho Bag Lady; CEO and founder, Idaho Business Women’s Network, and the Empowering Women Conference, Nampa

• Jean Lockhart, director of City Light, Boise Rescue Mission, Boise

• Rebecca Lovelace, executive director, Nampa Family Justice Center, Nampa

• Cynthia Melillo, partner and attorney, Givens Pursley, Boise

• Connie Miller, president and CEO, Icon Credit Union, Boise

• Jennifer Poole, compensation consultant and benefits administration supervisor, Idaho Industrial Commission, Boise

• Shelli Rambo Roberson, chief executive officer, Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council, Boise

• Jima Rice, president, Jigsaw Inc., Ketchum

• Betty Hansen Richardson, of counsel, Richardson & O’Leary; campaign manager, Allred for Idaho, Boise

• Lisa Rodriguez, attorney, Wright Brothers Law Office, Twin Falls

• Michelle Ross, manager of patient access service, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, Boise

• Erica Sarrazolla, financial advisor, Edward Jones Investments, Boise

• Kristi Saucerman, founder and CEO, Auction Frogs, Nampa

• Shawn Ann Shepherd, head of school, Foothills School of Arts & Sciences, Boise

• Tonya Smith, vice president and branch manager, D.L. Evans Bank, Meridian

• Andrea Tuning, urban and regional planner, City of Boise, Boise

• Luci Willits, chief of staff, Idaho Department of Education, Boise

• Robin Woods, president, Alturas Analytics Inc., Moscow

• Irene Woodworth, creator and manager, Redesign Boise LLC & Color & Redesign Academy, Boise

• Aimee Wyatt, owner, Amaru Confections; critical care nurse, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, Boise

Live and Online Auction Technologies Integrate to Fund Great Causes

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Northwest Software Technologies, Inc. and Auction Frogs, Inc. partner to combine event management software with an online auction application to simplify benefit auction event fundraising.

Boise, ID (February 16, 2010) –

“Our focus has always been to help non-profits increase revenues through our online auction platform.  Our relationship with Northwest allows us to expand our core offering to those customers who want expanded fundraising options while enabling users of Auction Tracker to add online capability to their already robust software package says Kristi Saucerman, Auction Frogs CEO.  “We are constantly looking for ways to simplify the fundraising experience and raise more money.  This partnership provides both through the ability to manage live and online auctions from a single solution.”

By integrating Northwest Software’s Auction-Tracker® and Auction Frog’s Online Auction engine, non-profits hosting gala events are able to host both live and online auctions and easily manage all aspects of their benefit auctions from one suite of management tools. This integration enables both traditional live gala events and online auctions to be created from the same information in a single data source. Each event is performed in their own venue, post-event reconciliation, billing, receipting and constituent relationship management are made easy and analysis for all aspects of the event more meaningful and easy to understand. This gives the fundraising staff more time to focus its efforts on soliciting donations and marketing the events – creating a higher return for the organization.

“As multi-vendor technology continues to enhance the benefit auction experience, data management has become fragmented, leaving non-profit organizations with the daunting task of maintaining multiple data sources,” commented Jack Wilson, Jr., President and CEO of Northwest Software Technologies. “Auction-Tracker is specifically designed to pull these multiple data sources together, incorporating them into a “single” point of entry. Auction-Tracker Live!, our new online benefit auction interface, integrates the Auction Frogs online auction engine to Auction-Tracker, simplifying the end-to-end data management process. We look forward to providing even more value to our clients through this partnership.”

About Auction Frogs
Auction Frogs is a leader in online fundraising for charitable causes bringing businesses, fundraising organizations, and bidders together online in order to fund great causes. Auction Frogs provides an unmatched marketing opportunity for businesses, a simplified fundraising experience for organizations, with easy to use and easy to bid features for supporters of the cause. Since its launch in 2007, Auction Frogs has helped hundreds of organizations increase revenue by hosting online silent auctions.

About Northwest Software Technologies®
Northwest Software Technologies, Inc. is the pioneering and leading provider of fundraising event software to the non-profit sector in North America. More than 2,000 organizations worldwide use Tracker-Series applications to manage fundraising events. Northwest Software offers four unique software applications for fundraising event management. Founded in 1985, Northwest Software is headquartered in Everett, Washington.

Kristi Saucerman
President & CEO
Auction Frogs, LLC
Tel: 208-407-2404
kristi@auctionfrogs.org
www.auctionfrogs.org

Jack Wilson
President & CEO
Northwest Software Technologies, Inc.
Tel: 425-252-7287
jwilson@nwsoftware.com
www.nwsoftware.com