208-343-1300
800 W Main St Ste 1460, Boise, ID, 83702, 
Subjects: Agencies/Regulations, Alcohol, Appropriations/Budgets, Ballot Measures/Campaign Finance/Elections, Business/Commerce, City/County Government, Consumer Protection, Corrections/Criminal Justice, Education, Energy/Utilities, Environment/Recycling, Finance/Banking, Gaming, Health Care, Insurance, Manufacturing, Medicare/Medicaid, Non-Profit, Pharmaceuticals, Planning/Land Use/Zoning, Professional/Vocational Licensing, Public Safety, Public Sector, Retail, RFP/Procurement, Science/Technology, Taxes, Telecommunications, Transportation/Vehicles
Links:Website
I am a lawyer lobbyist, which is a distinguishing factor from most lobbyists in Idaho. Few lobbyists have the depth and breadth of experience that I have had over a broad cross-section of issues. I'm also a former state official - Deputy Attorney General and Deputy Secretary of State
20+ years
Idaho Business Review Lifetime Achievement Award
Best Lawyers in the United States
Idaho Business Review Idaho ICON Award
Extensive and successful relationships with Idaho Governors, Attorneys General, the Idaho Legislature and the Idaho Federal Congressional Delegation
My decades of experience have earned me a reputation as a premier advocate before federal, state and local decision-makers. As the Founder of Eiguren Public Policy Firm, I have an unsurpassed record of successful public issues management, lobbying, regulatory coordination and public policy law outcomes.
I regularly represent clients as a lawyer and lobbyist before departments and agencies of the state and federal governments. I have drafted and lobbied for new legislation, organizing large coalitions supporting passage, and have regularly testified before legislative and administrative committees. I have served as liaison between state and international governments to work out trade and cultural agreements.
I interact often with senior officials in Idaho and the federal government, including the Governor, Legislature, Attorney General, and the Idaho Congressional Delegation. I have also argued several major cases before the Idaho Supreme Court.
Additionally, I have decades of experience as both a Chairman and Director or Member of many public profit and non-profit corporations, including my current role as a Member of the American Red Cross National Philanthropic Board, Chairman of the American Red Cross of Idaho Board of Directors and Chairman of the Advisory Board of Directors of Tolsma USA. I am a former Director of Idaho Independent Bank, Avista Corporation, and Chairman of the Board of the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce, the Idaho State Capitol Commission, and the St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center Foundation.
Before entering law practice in 1984, I served in various capacities in several local state and federal agencies, including Deputy Attorney General of Idaho, Special Assistant to the Administrator of a large federal agency, Deputy Secretary of State of Idaho, and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Boise, Idaho.
Among other honors, I am the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Leaders in Law Program of the Idaho Business Review, and am listed in Best Lawyers in America.
I graduated from the Executive Management Program of the Dartmouth School of Business Administration and attended Georgetown University College of Law and the University of Idaho College of Law, where I received my Juris Doctorate.
503-784-0661
800 W Main St., Suite 1460, Boise, ID, 83702, 
Subjects: Agencies/Regulations, Animals/Agriculture, Business/Commerce, Children/Family/Women, City/County Government, Consumer Protection, Corrections/Criminal Justice, Criminal, Energy/Utilities, Environment/Recycling, Food/Restaurants, Housing/Real Estate/Development/Construction, Insurance, Labor/Unions, Non-Profit, Pharmaceuticals, Planning/Land Use/Zoning, Privacy/Internet, Professional/Vocational Licensing, Public Safety, Public Sector, Retail, Taxes, Telecommunications, Tobacco, Tourism/Hospitality, Transportation/Vehicles
Links:Website, Red Cross
Melinda has been with Eiguren Public Policy for four years, and previously spent more than a decade managing the PR Department for Fred Meyer and QFC Stores, the two Northwest divisions of The Kroger Co., where she managed government relations and lobbying, media relations, community donations and sponsorships and the employee volunteer programs in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Prior to that she was with the Portland, Ore. office of international PR firm Hill & Knowlton where she managed accounts for clients big and small ranging from local electric cooperatives to regional cell phone service providers to major crisis clients - including the grocery industry - during labor negotiations. Melinda is adept at advocacy at the local and state levels as well as at reputation and brand management.
0-5 years
Melinda has significant experience and key relationships with the Idaho Transportation Department, the Idaho Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health & Welfare, the Division of Financial Management and with the Office of the Governor.
Melinda Merrill has more than 25 years of experience managing government relations and crises for clients throughout the Pacific Northwest and provides Eiguren Public Policy clients with media, reputational, and crisis communications counseling as well as advocacy in local, state, and federal government.
Prior to joining Eiguren Public Policy, Merrill was director of Public Affairs for Fred Meyer and QFC Stores - the two Northwest divisions of The Kroger Co. - for more than a decade, where she was media spokesperson and managed government affairs for the company's more than 200 stores in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington as well as at the federal level. She also developed strategy for and implemented Fred Meyer's and QFC's multi-million-dollar donations, sponsorship, community relations, and employee volunteer programs in the four states.
Merrill is adept at assisting clients in developing strategy for and achieving their goals at the local, state, and federal levels of government. She also has experience providing reputational management for clients facing issues including taxes and fees, labor relations issues, real estate siting and planning issues, product recalls and importation of goods.
Merrill also spent eight years in the Portland office of the international public relations and public affairs firm Hill & Knowlton. There she provided reputation, crisis management and government affairs counseling for clients including grocers, cell phone service providers, economic development organizations, convention and visitors bureaus, electric utilities, and the maritime industry.
Merrill earned her M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations from Kent State University, and a B.A. in Journalism with a broadcast emphasis from the University of Montana. She currently serves on the board of the American Red Cross of Greater Idaho and is chair of the Philanthropy committee and also serves on the Legislative Committee of the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry. She has served on the Association of Washington Business Executive Committee; the board of Oregon Food Bank and as chair of its Advocacy Committee; and as president of the Board of the Oregon/SW Washington Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. She lives in Meridian, Idaho.
(512)8408855
P.O. Box 13382, Austin, TX, 78711, 
(801) 317-7196
2314 Washington Blvd, Ste 200-PMB 118, Ogden, UT, 84401, 
(801) 599-8519
1296 West 475 South, Farmington, UT, 84025, 
612-741-7959
525 N 3rd St #513, Minneapolis, MN, 55401, 
1) 4D AFFORDABLE HOUSING TAX REFORM ALLIANCE
2) ALEXION PHARMACEUTIALS, INC
5) ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES
7) AMERICAN RECYCLABLE PLASTIC BAG ALLIANCE
8) AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL ADVISORS
9) ANOKA COUNTY
13) CONNEXUS ENERGY
14) ESSENTIA HEALTH
612-741-7959
525 N 3rd St #513, Minneapolis, MN, 55401, 
1) 4D AFFORDABLE HOUSING TAX REFORM ALLIANCE
2) ALEXION PHARMACEUTIALS, INC
5) ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES
7) AMERICAN RECYCLABLE PLASTIC BAG ALLIANCE
8) AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL ADVISORS
9) ANOKA COUNTY
13) CONNEXUS ENERGY
14) ESSENTIA HEALTH
612-741-7959
525 N 3rd St #513, Minneapolis, MN, 55401, 
1) 4d Affordable Housing Tax Reform Alliance
2) Alexion Pharmaceutials, Inc
5) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates
7) American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance
8) Ameriprise Financial Advisors
9) Anoka County
13) CLEAR
14) Connexus Energy
15) Essentia Health
(801) 400-0511
6328 Happiness Circle, Taylorsville, UT, 84129, 
334-221-8796
Capitol Resources, LLC, 445 Dexter Ave, Suite 2020, Montgomery, AL, 36104, 
1) Alabama Concrete Industries Association
2) Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
3) Alabama Export Railroad, Inc.
4) Alabama Podiatric Medical Association
6) Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International
7) Behavioral Healthcare Alliance of Alabama
8) Birmingham-Southern College
10) Charter Communications Operating, LLC
11) Conduent Incorporated and its Affiliates
13) Kohler Co.
14) Kyndryl, Inc.
334-262-1800
Capitol Resources, LLC, 445 Dexter Ave, Suite 2020, Montgomery, AL, 36104, 
1) Alabama Concrete Industries Association
2) Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
3) Alabama Export Railroad, Inc.
4) Alabama Podiatric Medical Association
6) Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International
7) Behavioral Healthcare Alliance of Alabama
8) Birmingham-Southern College
10) Charter Communications Operating, LLC
11) Conduent Incorporated and its Affiliates
13) Kohler Co.
14) Kyndryl, Inc.
334-262-1800
445 Dexter Avenue, Suite 2020, Montgomery, AL, 36104, 
1) Alabama Concrete Industries Association
2) Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
3) Alabama Export Railroad, Inc.
4) Alabama Podiatric Medical Association
6) Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International
7) Behavioral Healthcare Alliance of Alabama
8) Birmingham-Southern College
10) Charter Communications Operating, LLC
11) Conduent Incorporated and its Affiliates
13) Kohler Co.
14) Kyndryl, Inc.
(512)9221583
P.O. Box 13382, Suite 208, Austin, TX, 78711, 
1) American College of Emergency Physicians Texas Chapter
2) AT&T
3) Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co., Inc.
4) Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority
7) Consumer Service Alliance of Texas
9) EZcorp, Inc.
10) First Cash Financial Services, Inc.
11) Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Company
12) Intermedix
13) Lancium Technologies Corporation
16) Lone Star Dairy Products, LLC
19) North Texas Automobile Dealers Association
20) PharmaCann
21) PMI Global Services Inc. and Affiliates
23) SCI Health
24) SOLV Energy, LLC
26) Sysco
27) TeamHealth, Inc.
28) Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association
29) Texas Radiological Society PAC
30) Texas Society of Pathologists
31) TXU Energy Retail Company LLC
34) ViaPlus
35) Vistra Corp.
(404) 372 - 4395
3179 EAST WOOD VALLEY RD, ATLANTA, GA, 30327, 
334-262-1800
Capitol Resources, LLC, 445 Dexter Ave, Suite 2020, Montgomery, AL, 36104, 
1) Alabama Concrete Industries Association
2) Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
3) Alabama Export Railroad, Inc.
4) Alabama Podiatric Medical Association
6) Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International
7) Behavioral Healthcare Alliance of Alabama
8) Birmingham-Southern College
10) Charter Communications Operating, LLC
11) Conduent Incorporated and its Affiliates
13) Kohler Co.
14) Kyndryl, Inc.
615-945-6823
3814 Abbott Martin Rd, Nashville, TN, 37215, 
(512)4264123
PO Box 13382, Capitol Station, Austin, TX, 78711, 
1) AT&T
2) Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co., Inc.
3) Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority
6) EZcorp, Inc.
7) First Cash Financial Services, Inc.
11) Lower Colorado River Authority
12) Luminant Generation Company LLC
13) North Texas Automobile Dealers
14) PharmaCann Inc.
651-357-5163
2610 Ashley Terr, New Brighton, MN, 55112, 
651-357-5163
2610 Ashley Terr, New Brighton, MN, 55112, 
651-357-5163
2610 Ashley Terr, New Brighton, MN, 55112, 
(317) 501-2790
23 Oakmont Drive, Brownsburg, IN, 46112, 
1) Agribusiness Council of Indiana, Inc.
2) Alice Training Institute, LLC
3) Automobile Dealers Association of Indiana
4) Capital Improvement Board of Managers of Marion County, Indiana
6) Coalition of Growing and Suburban Schools
7) Coordinated Care Corporation Indiana Inc.
9) Enterprise Leasing Company of Indianapolis, LLC
10) FanDuel, Inc.
12) Indiana 211 Partnership, Inc.
13) Indiana Association of Health Plans, Inc.
15) Indiana Constructors, Inc.
18) JUUL Labs
19) LaPorte County Comprehensive Mental Health Council d/b/a Swanson Center
20) Liberty Tire Recycling, LLC
21) National Association for Professional Employer Organizations
22) National Hot Rod Association
23) Northern Indiana Public Service Company
24) Northern Indiana Tourism Development Commission
26) Spectacle Entertainment, LLC
27) StubHub, Inc.