Candidate for Congress from Idaho's 1st Congressional District
Boise, Idaho Area
- Current
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- Candidate for Congress at Walt for Congress
- Chairman and former CEO at SummerWinds Garden Centers
- Past
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- President and CEO at TJ International, Inc.
- Education
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- Harvard Law School
- Harvard Business School
- Whitman College
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Walt Minnick’s Summary
Walt grew up on a wheat farm in Walla Walla, Washington, a small town just over the Blue Mountains from Lewiston, Idaho. His father was a leading small-town lawyer and his mother a long-time leader in the conservative, rural county’s Republican Party.
Walt has been a Boise resident since 1974. Married to former Boise TV newscaster, A.K. Lienhart-Minnick, Walt has four children and one granddaughter. A.K. served for a year as Chair of the Idaho Democratic Party.
Walt is a gun-owning outdoorsman who spent 21 years as an executive in the Idaho forest products industry, 16 of it leading one of the state’s largest Idaho-headquartered public companies. He has a deep understanding of natural resource and environmental issues that impact Idaho. Walt spends much of his free time with his family fishing, camping and hiking in the Idaho outdoors.
Walt has a long history of leadership. He was a founding member of the Idaho Business Council. He was a co-founder and currently serves on the Board of the Idaho Business Coalition for Education Excellence. While Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Board of Albertson College of Idaho, the college changed its name and doubled its endowment. He served as Chairman of Boise State University’s Business School Advisory Council. During his tenure as Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Board of the community-owned Bogus Basin ski area, Walt helped the non-profit organization return from the verge of bankruptcy. He has served in leadership roles in many other civic, charitable and business organizations. His life-long career as a leader in business resulted in his selection by Idaho State University in 1991 as its Idaho Businessman of the Year.
Walt Minnick’s Specialties:
Idaho roots, proven leadership, economic development, policy experience
Walt Minnick’s Experience
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Candidate for Congress
Walt for Congress
(Political Organization industry)
November 2007 — Present (7 months)
Walt is running for Congress in Idaho's 1st Congressional District
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Chairman and former CEO
SummerWinds Garden Centers
(Privately Held; Environmental Services industry)
1998 — Present (10 years)
SummerWinds Garden Centers is a leading high-end retailer of garden and nursery products. With headquarters in Boise, Idaho, SummerWinds operates retail nurseries in the Silicon Valley of California, Phoenix, Arizona, and St. Louis, Missouri, ranking as the 10th largest independent garden center company in the nation.
Minnick has been Chairman of SummerWinds since he co-founded the Company in 1998. -
President and CEO
TJ International, Inc.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TJCO; Building Materials industry)
1974 — 1995 (21 years)
The $700 million Idaho-headquartered public company never failed to make a profit while Minnick was at the helm.
TJ International, Inc., formerly known as Trus Joist, is the world's leading manufacturer of engineered lumber products. TJ's products are meant to replace traditional solid-sawn lumber for joinsts, trusses, and other areas of contstruction. As the supply of old growth trees needed for solid-sawn lumber dwindles, TJ's products offer alternatives that are not only more environmentally friendly, but also stronger, more reliable, and less labor intensive.
Walt Minnick’s Education
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Harvard Law School
JD, Law, 1967 — 1969
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Harvard Business School
MBA, 1966 — 1968
- Activities and Societies:
- Magna Cum Laude
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Whitman College
Economics
- Activities and Societies:
- Summa Cum Laude with honors
Walt Minnick’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
