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Melissa Melendez's Biography

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Full Name:

Melissa A. Melendez

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Nico; 5 Children

Birth Date:

02/17/1969

Birth Place:

Youngstown, OH

Home City:

Lake Elsinore, CA

Attended, Defense Language Institute, Monterey, California

BA, History/Political Studies, Chaminade University of Honolulu

MBA, University of Phoenix, 2008

Former Mayor Pro Tempore, City of Lake Elsinore

Former Mayor, City of Lake Elsinore

Senator, California State Senate, District 28, 2020-2022

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 67, 2012-2020

Candidate, California State Senate, District 28, 2020

Candidate, California State Assembly, District 67, 2018

Member, Lake Elsinore City Council, 2008-2012

Former Member, Banking and Finance Committee, California State Assembly

Former Vice Chair, Budget Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Budget Committee, California State Assembly

Vice Chair, Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Community College Affordability and Guided Pathways for Students Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Emerging Technologies Committee, California State Assembly

Former Vice Chair, Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Governmental Organization Committee, California State Assembly

Vice Chair, Health Committee, California State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Insurance Committee, California State Assembly

Member, Insurance Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy, California State Assembly

Former Member, Joint Committee on Emergency Management, California State Assembly

Former Member, Joint Committee on the Legislative Budget, California State Assembly

Former Member, Local Government Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Natural Resources Committee, California State Assembly

Former Vice Chair, Public Safety Committee, California State Assembly

Former Vice Chair, Public Safety Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Regional Transportation and Interconnectivity Solutions Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Revenue and Taxation Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Foster Care, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Homelessness, California State Assembly

Former Member, Small Business in the Inland Empire, California State Assembly

Former Member, Subcommittee 5 on Public Safety, California State Assembly

Former Member, Subcommittee 6 on Budget Process Oversight and Program Evaluation, California State Assembly

Member, Transportation Comittee, California State Senate

Former Member, Transportation Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Veterans Affairs Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Women in the Workplace Committee, California State Assembly

President/Chief Executive Officer, Ruling Transcription, 1999-present

Former Academic Advisor, Chaminade University

Served, Russian Translator, United States Navy, 1987-1997

Member, American Legion, present

Coach/Team Manager, American Youth Soccer Organziation, present

Board Member, Boys & Girls Club, Alberhill Ranch, present

Board Member, Elsinore Valley Arts Network, present

Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, present

Member, Lake Elsinore Friends of the Library, present

Member, Lake Elsinore Storm Booster Club, present

Member, Lake Elsinore Woman’s Club, present

Board Member, National Advisory Board, Grand Old Party (GOP) Political Action Committee, present

Member, National Rifle Association, present

Volunteer, Neighborhood Community Activities Committee, present

Board Member, Southwest Riverside Autism Task Force, present

Representative, Chamber of Commerce, City of Lake Elsinore

Former President, Home Owners Association

Board Member, Lake Elsinore San Jacinto Watershed Authority

Former President, Parent-Teachers Association (PTA)

Board Member, Riverside County Habitat Conservation Agency

Board Member, Riverside County Transportation Commission

Board Member, Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority

Favorite Movie:

"Meet the Parents"
"Planes, Trains and Automobiles"
"School of Rock"

Favorite Quote:

"When something is wrong, it's wrong even if everyone else is doing it, and when something is right, it's right even if no one is doing it." - Anonymous (and also my grandmother)

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Perusing cook books, (which must have pictures!), cooking, reading books on history and politics, wakeboarding, and of course playing with my kids!

Spouse's Occupation:

Employee, Department of Homeland Security; United States Navy Veteran; Commander, Active Naval Reserve Unit

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