Jenelle Osborne…
was elected to Lompoc City Council in November 2016 and Mayor in 2018, 2020 and 2022. She is 56 years old and has been a resident of Santa Barbara County since 1999 and Lompoc since 2000 with her husband, Jason Osborne, a physicist and Principal Engineer with Bruker Nano, in Goleta. Izzy, a Brittany Spaniel, joined the family in 2022. Jenelle has a Bachelor of Science in History with a focus on public administration, graduating summa cum laude, from Texas Woman’s University. As a small business owner since 2005, Jenelle provides event planning and professional organizing services. She has dedicated the past seven years to being a member of Lompoc’s city council and mayor. She will complete her most recent term at the end of 2024. Her service on various committees and commissions across the local, state, and national level has been vital to Lompoc’s success and change. Jenelle wants to elevate not only Lompoc’s issues but all of Third District’s issues with her experience, and leadership as your next Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisor for the Third District.
Community Service:
Project Opioid Committee by Santa Barbara County Sheriff, 2022 - current; Steering and Public Outreach Subcommittees
The Active People, Healthy Nation℠ Champions Institute Cohort, Class of 2022-23, focusing on Complete Streets Policies
Santa Barbara County Elected Leaders Forum on Homelessness, Vice Chair 2023
Santa Barbara County Area Government Board (SBCAG) - alternate 2018-2020, voting member 2020-current, Vice-Chair 2022, Chair 2023, and Broadband Ad-hoc committee member 2021-2023
Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) Board Member - alternate 2018-2020 and 2023, voting member 2020-2022
Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) - alternate 2016-2018, voting member 2018-current; Executive Committee Member 2021-current, Vice Chair 2022-2024; Vice Chair of Legislative and Regulatory Committee, 2022-current
Transmission Area Network Commission (TANC) - alternate 2016-2018, voting member 2018-current
CalCities (formerly LOCC ) Transportation, Communication, and Public Works Policy Committee - 2019-current
2021 Public Service Award from the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International-Iota Nu Chapter of Lompoc for the all-inclusive play and workout area at Beattie Park as well as multiple committee services aimed at a better quality of life for Lompoc
EconAlliance Board Secretary, 2016-2018, Volunteer Executive Director 2019
C3H, now known as Home For Good, 2017-2020
FUTURE, Advisory Board Member, 2019-current
2017 Valley of the Flowers Peace Prize nominee
City of Lompoc Economic Development Committee, 2012-2016; Vice Chair and Chair
805 Criterium Race Weekend Committee benefiting the Lompoc Police Foundation, Sponsorship and Vendor Chair 2014 & 2015
American Association of University Women Lompoc-Vandenberg Branch Member 2015-current, Board Secretary 2016-2018
Lompoc Theatre Project Board Member 2015-2018, Development Chair 2015-2017
Lompoc Valley Community Health Organization’s Creative Crossings Committee, and Open Streets Committee
Leadership Lompoc Valley Class of 2014 & Dick DeWees Leadership Award 2014
Broadband Consortium of the Pacific Coast - Santa Barbara County Member, Steering Committee 2017
Turducken Dinner Group (Nonprofit for Lompoc Library, retired after 14 years of raising over $400,000), President 2015 & 2016