Brad Mitzelfelt

Brad Mitzelfelt is Vice-Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for San Bernardino County, California – the elected governing body of the largest and 12th most populous county in the contiguous United States. His Mojave Desert district includes the cities of Victorville, Apple Valley, Hesperia and Adelanto in the Victor Valley, as well as Needles on the Colorado River. Brad Mitzelfelt's First District also includes unincorporated communities spanning more than 15,000 square miles from Wrightwood in the San Gabriel Mountains to Trona to Baker, and bordering Arizona and Nevada.

During his tenure over the past five years, Supervisor Mitzelfelt significantly helped advance a significant expansion of the county’s jail system during a time when counties have been bracing to take on thousands of additional inmates and parolees due to the state’s prison overcrowding. During the recent economic downturn, the Supervisor has helped stimulate the region’s economy by helping secure hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of infrastructure construction. And Brad Mitzelfelt significantly helped establish Victor Valley College’s School of Aviation Technology at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville. S

upervisor Mitzelfelt is Immediate Past President of San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG), the county’s transportation and regional planning authority, and he is Chairman of the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo). He is Vice-Chairman of the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District and he represents the county on several dozen other local and regional boards and commissions.

Brad Mitzelfelt is a veteran of 10 years of active and reserve military service, including participation as a U.S. Marine in Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Brad Mitzelfelt earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business and Management from the University of Redlands. He and his wife, Megan, have one child.