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Michael Winkler, Mayor

Michael Winkler
Voice Mail: (707) 822-1857
Email: mwinkler@cityofarcata.org
Fax: (707) 822-8018
Write: 736 F Street, Arcata, CA 95521

Installed in Office: December 9, 2008
Term Expires: December 2012

My family lives just west of downtown Arcata. I came to Arcata in 1997 to earn a second degree in Environmental Resources Engineering at HSU and to work as an Energy Research Engineer at HSU's Schatz Energy Research Center. Before coming to Arcata, I worked for 25 years as an engineer in the electronics industry in Chicago and in the Bay Area.

Throughout my professional career I have also worked as a volunteer in environmental and other community service organizations.

My philosophy is that in addition to my personal and professional life I have a duty to apply my time and my abilities to improving our community. I work best by consensus and by constantly working to improve my ability to listen and understand diverse points of view. I expect the best of myself and of other people.

Arcata City Council Service:

Council Member: 2008–present.
Mayor: 2012
Vice-Mayor: 2011

Profession:

Energy Engineer

Education:

B.S. in Environmental Resources Engineering, Humboldt State University; B.S. in Physics, Phi Beta Kappa, University of Illinois, Urbana.

Member of City and Regional Governance Committees:
  • Alternate City Council Member of the Humboldt County Association of Governments (HCAOG, 2011-12)
  • City Council Representative to the Humboldt Transit Authority (2011-12)
  • Representative to the Legislative Committee of the League of California Cities - Redwood Empire Division (2012)
  • City Council Liaison to the HSU/City Liaisons Group (2012, Alternate Representative 2011)
  • City Council Liaison to the North Coast Resource Center (2010 - 12)
Other Community Service:
  • Arcata Planning Commission (2000–2008)
  • Arcata Energy Committee (1998–2000)
  • Campus Center for Appropriate Technology (CCAT) Steering Committee (2000–present)
  • Humboldt (HSU) Energy Independence Fund Board (2007–present)
  • Green Wheels Advisory Board (2007–present)
Past Community Service
  • Alternate City Representative to the Indian Gaming Fund Committee (2011)
  • City Council Representative to the Humboldt Waste Management Authority (JPA - 2011)
  • City Council Representative to the Humboldt Transit Authority (HTA - 2010)
  • City Council Liaison to the Arcata House (2009–present)
  • Alternate City Member of Local Area Formation Commission (LAFCo - 2010)
  • City Council Representative to the Humboldt-Del Norte Hazardous Materials Response (JPA - 2009)
  • City Council Representative to the Redwood Coast Energy Authority (Vice-Chair - 2009)