Natalie Arroyo

Humboldt County

Natalie Arroyo lives in Eureka, CA where she currently serves as an elected member of the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors representing District 4. Natalie has worked on a wide range of watershed restoration, public health, and community organizing projects throughout Humboldt County and neighboring Northern California over the past 20+ years.

She is a proud U.S. Coast Guard, having served as both an enlisted member and a commissioned officer. Natalie earned her Master's of Science from Cal Poly Humboldt, and is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Environmental Science and Management. She has previously served on the boards of the Salmonid Restoration Federation, Humboldt Trails Council, and multiple community benefit organizations local to the Humboldt Bay area, and has worked as a California Conservation Corpsmember and with the Mattole Salmon Group.

Natalie is a gubernatorial appointee to the board of the Klamath River Renewal Corporation. In her County of Humboldt capacity, Natalie currently serves as the board chair of the Humboldt Transit Authority, as well as on the boards of the California State Association of Counties, Redwood Region Economic Development Commission, Behavioral Health Board, First 5 Humboldt, Audit Committee, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission, Multi-Agency Juvenile Justice Coordinating Committee, and the Humboldt County Association of Governments Policy Advisory Committee.

She is passionate about watershed health, energy resilience, active forms of transportation, effective community-building, and the relationship between people and place.