Vance Boelter, the 57-year-old man accused of assassinating Sen. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, on Saturday, had been reappointed to the same board as Hortman by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in 2019.
Boelter was first appointed to Minnesota's Workforce Development Advisory Board in 2016 by then-Gov. Mark Dayton, Star Tribune reported. The board, composed of about 60 members from various industries across the state, receives hundreds of applications. Its members are not required to have political affiliations and do not have direct access to the governor. Their role is limited to making policy recommendations to Governor Walz and the Legislature.
