Mary Cullinan, president of Eastern Washington University on far right, talks with Karen Wickre, center, author of “Making Life Work on Your Terms.” and Tess Vigeland, a former reporter and host for the public radio business magazine “Marketplace,” during the Northwest Passages Inland Northwest Women of the Year event held, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, at the Bing Crosby Theater. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)