167. Bill Kalivas

Bill Kalivas is a Spokane native with a 30+ year career spanning military service, healthcare, technology, public sector leadership, angel investment and entrepreneurship. He is the co-founder of LaunchPad Inland Northwest, a non-profit organization dedicated to growing the Spokane and Inland Northwest regional innovation economy. Bill is passionate about the Spokane regional community and has served on various local boards. He is currently a Google Cloud Sales Executive and has held similar positions with leading tech companies. Bill attended the Community Colleges of Spokane and University of Maryland Global Campus while serving the Air Force. BIll has been married for 23 years and has 4 children; 2 from a previous marriage, ages 40 and 39 and 2 with his wife April ages 20 and 17. Bill also has 5 grandchildren. ________ Guests share stories of adversity and perseverance which inspire, encourage and challenge us. Host Hara Allison embraces these tough conversations, intimately exploring our loves, fears and hopes with a delicious combination of depth and lightness. Beneath Your Beautiful won first place in Self Help and Health & Wellness in the 2022 International Positive Change Podcast Awards and was a nominee in the 2023 and 2024 Publisher Podcast Awards in Health & Wellbeing and in the 18th Annual People’s Choice Podcast Awards. Host Hara Allison was a 2024 Spokane Women of Achievement nominee for the Arts and a finalist for The Women Changing the World Awards in three categories: Journalism and Media, Micro Business and People’s Choice in Health & Wellbeing. To get in touch with Hara Allison: Magazine + Podcast: beneathyourbeautiful.org Photography: hara.photography Design: studioh-creative.com