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 Womans 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