Melanie Bagby

Melanie Bagby is a Sonoma County native and 21-year resident of Cloverdale. With 20+ years as an IT professional, she currently operates an IT consulting company and brings this experience and perspective to her work on the Council and regional boards.

In 2016, Melanie was elected to the Cloverdale City Council. Previously, she served on the Cloverdale Planning Commission 2009-2015, five as chair; as Mike McGuire then James Gore's appointee to the Sonoma County Economic Development Board; and as one of Cloverdale's appointees to Climate Action 2020. She is a 2009 Fellow of the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy and was an active participant in Cloverdale's General Plan revision and Urban Growth Boundary community input process. 

Currently, she serves on:

• Cloverdale City Council Planning & Sustainability Subcommittee, Chair
• Cloverdale Joint City/Cloverdale Fire District, Vice Chair
• Sonoma Clean Power Board of Directors, Chair
• Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit Board of Directors
• Sonoma County Transportation Authority/Regional Climate Protection Authority Board of Directors (SCTA/RCPA)
• League of California Cities Board of Directors
• League of California Cities Redwood Empire Division Legislative Committee
• Russian River Watershed Association, Alternate

Councilmember Bagby has also served on:

• League of California Cities: Governance, Transparency & Labor Relations Policy Committee
• League of California Cities: Redwood Division, President
• League of California Cities: Mayors & Councilmembers Division, President
• League of California Cities: Rural Information Exchange, Liaison to Executive Board
• Russian River Watershed Association, Chair
• Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control Board, Chair