Mikel Ward

Mikel Ward is a Boise valley native and an associate broker with Hughes Real Estate Group of Silvercreek Realty. Prior to becoming a realtor, she worked for the Boise Metro Chamber as VP of Marketing and Membership. Active in the Boise non-profit community, Mikel currently serves on the board and as president of Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation and on the board of the Boise Art Museum.  She formerly served as President of the boards of the City Club of Boise, Boise City Arts Commission, Beaux Arts Societe’ and Junior League of Boise. She received a BS from the U of I, an MBA from BSU and holds her Real Estate Broker License. Her passions include working in her garden and walking with her yellow Lab, Theo, by the Boise River.

The book that changed my life is The Dinner by Herman Koch. I can’t really say if any one book has changed my life.I am an avid reader as most of us on the Cabin Board surely are, but this book made a significant impact on my understanding of the difficult decisions parents make—if not the hardest of their lives—to protect their children. This decision is made over the course of just one dinner among very close friends. This was my first novel by Herman Koch, but I have gone on to read several others and found them to be all as insightful into human nature as this was.