Walt announces transition team

Walt Minnick - Right for Idaho

November 10, 2008

For immediate release

Walt Minnick has assembled a bipartisan team to assist in setting up his offices and hiring staff to help constituents in Idaho’s First Congressional District.

  * Mike Kennedy is president of Intermax Networks and a member of the Coeur d’Alene City Council.
  * Shelley Landry is the North Idaho field organizer for the Idaho Democratic Party.
  * Mike Mitchell is a former Idaho legislator and longtime Lewiston community leader.
  * Vern Bisterfeldt is a member of the Boise City Councilor and a former Republican commissioner of Ada County.

“We’ve got to have a bipartisan approach to help move this country forward, and I could not be more pleased to assist the Congressman-elect with his transition,” Bisterfeldt said.

Minnick has already selected Isaac Squyres to be his chief of staff. Squyres, a Boise native, has more than a decade of experience in politics and public policy. In 1996, as a new graduate of Davidson College, he worked on Minnick’s campaign for the U.S. Senate.