Idaho Falls

MARCH 2024 WWW.IDAHOFALLSMAGAZINE.COM 17 Michael Kirkham is the Assistant City Attor- ney for Idaho the City of Idaho Falls. Mike joined the City in 2014. Prior to working for the City, Mike worked as a creditor's rights bankruptcy attorney and a judicial clerk. In his role at the City, Mike provides general legal advice to the elected officials and various departments of the City and has represented the City both in court, including the Ida- ho Supreme Court, and various regulatory bodies, including the Surface Transportation Board. Mike is a former president of the Idaho Mu- nicipal Attorneys Association and currently serves on their board. e association has rec- ognized Mike as an expert in municipal and government law. One of Mike's favorite things about his job is that he feels like Idaho Falls is a great place to live and work and he gets to play a small role in the community effort to keep it that way. As his career continues, Mike hopes to continue to provide advice and support to local government entities. Mike is married to Dr. Jill Kirkham who is a full-time professor at the College of Eastern Idaho. Mike and Jill have three children. Mike enjoys snowboarding with his children; cooking, baking, homebrew soda making, and cheese-making; and tinkering on home improvement projects with Jill. Mike enjoys learning new things and is especially curious about history, new technology, astronomy, and the law. PAMELA GORMAN Pamela Gorman is the Treasurer, Social Me- dia Manager for Phoenix QRF, and Assistant Coordinator for Toys For Tots Idaho Falls. She has been married for 21 years and has four kids aged 21 to 7. She has worked in multiple fields since she was 12 and started with Volunteering for Providence Hospital in Everett, Wash. She helped her parents move to Idaho Falls in 2006 and fell in love with the small town and its friendly people. She and her husband felt like it was the perfect place to raise their kids, so they moved here immediately. She has spent multiple years working for Bonneville Joint School District #93 as a paraeducator. She then worked for seven years at QalTek Associates in multiple positions. When Covid hit, she went to be a stay-at- home mom to homeschool her children and focus her efforts on the community. Her hus- band is an Army veteran, and veterans hold a special place in her heart. So when she found Phoenix QRF's "Veterans Helping Veterans," she fell in love with the mission to help local veterans. She has been working with them since 2020 and volunteering with Toys For Tots, and is honored to become Assistant Coordinator this year. She enjoys camping, craing, and shopping with her friends and family in her spare time. STEVEN FOSTER Steven is the Chief Marketing Officer at Frontier Credit Union. He has a lengthy back- ground in high-growth companies, technol- ogy startups and not-for-profits. He has been an integral part of multiple billion-dollar valuations and exits. He is also the host of Idaho's top business podcast – DRGN SLYR (Dragon Slayer). He currently serves on the board of directors at the Frontier Foundation, where he is in- volved in caring for needy children across the state. He recently led Frontier Credit Union through an award-winning rebrand and is a decorated executive across multiple states. In his spare time, Steven likes to ride and train horses, chase cattle, keep bees and be a husband and father to his five children. MICHAEL KIRKHAM IF

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