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 populated county in the contiguous United States. His Mojave Desert district includes the incorporated municipalities of Victorville, Apple Valley, Hesperia and Adelanto in the Victor Valley, as well as Needles on the Colorado River. His First District also includes unincorporated communities spanning more than 15,000 square miles from Wrightwood in the San Gabriel Mountains to Trona to Baker, four military bases and two national park units, and bordering Arizona and Nevada.

During his tenure over the past five years, Supervisor Mitzelfelt significantly helped advance an 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. He has also increased fire protection, child-predator controls and gang suppression and intervention. He initiated a sex-offender tracking team within the Sheriffs Department and a National Award-winning program that identifies illegal immigrants in High Desert jails.

During the recent economic downturn, the Supervisor has helped stimulate the local economy by helping secure hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of infrastructure construction, including the Jerry Lewis High Desert Government Center in Hesperia, new and improved roads and fire stations, a new library, and significant new park projects. He acquired and re-opened the Victor Valley Museum in Apple Valley, and donated the Boys and Girls Club of the Victor Valley’s building in Adelanto.

Supervisor Mitzelfelt helped establish and steered well over a million dollars toward Victor Valley College’s School of Aviation Technology at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville – also known as the former George Air Force Base.

Mr. Mitzelfelt represents the county on several dozen boards and commissions at the local, regional and federal level. He is Chairman of the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo), the Victor Valley Economic Development Authority, and the High Desert Corridor Authority. He is a member of the Southern California Association of Governments metropolitan planning organization, the Public Lands Steering Committee of the National Association of Counties, and the federal Bureau of Land Management’s California Desert District Advisory Council. He is also Immediate Past President of San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG), the County Transportation and regional planning authority. As SANBAG President, he initiated the council of governments' first annual General Assembly during which he signed the first-ever Countywide Vision Statement on behalf of the county and its 24 cities.

Brad is a veteran of 10 years of active and reserve military service. He achieved the rank of Staff Sergeant and served as a U.S. Marine in Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. He is a Life Member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Supervisor Mitzelfelt earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business and Management from the University of Redlands, and a Certificate in Economic Development Management from the University of California Riverside Extension. He lives in Wrightwood with his wife, Megan, and their son, John.