Meet Ian 

Ian was elected to his third term as Mayor of Seaside, CA, in 2022. He retired from the California Department Of Corrections And Rehabilitation (CDCR) as a Correction Officer with a tenure of 27 years in 2018. Ian served as a Seaside Council Member from 2008 – 2016, including 2 appointments as Mayor Pro Tem from 2012-2016. He also spent more than seven years on the Seaside Planning Commission.

In addition to advancing the prosperity of Seaside, Ian actively volunteers in the community and continues to enhance his leadership skills through ongoing training and education. He remains visible both within and outside Monterey County, serving on numerous regional boards and commissions to promote Seaside and improve the quality of life for its residents.

Currently, Ian serves on several regional and statewide boards, committees, and commissions including:

• Chair, Monterey County Veteran Affairs & Issue Advisory (VIAD) Committee
• Chair, Seaside Groundwater Basin Water-master (Watermaster)
• Chair, Seaside Housing Collaborative
• 1^st Vice Chair, Monterey Bay Division, Cal Cities (Rep. 18 cities in the Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito counties) 
• 1^st Vice President, Cal-Cities African American Caucus (Statewide Leadership Caucus)
• Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) (Past Chair)
• Transportation Agency of Monterey County (TAMC)
• County Rail Policy Committee (TAMC)
• Monterey County Mayor Association (Past Chair)
• Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (MPWMD)
• Monterey County Remote Access Network (RAN) Board
• Lead Me Home Leadership Council (Focused on Homelessness)
• Blue Zone Project – Monterey County (Leadership Steering Committee)
• Alt., Community Human Services: (CHS) Joint Powers Authority (JPA)
• Alt., Monterey One Water (M1W)
• Alt., Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST)
• Cal-Cities Housing, Community, and Economic Development (HCED) Policy Committee (Statewide Leadership)
• Cal-Cities 2024 General Resolutions Committee (Statewide Leadership)

Passed board service:

• Monterey County Board of Education, Trustee Area #6 (Seaside/Marina/Sand City)
• Ft Ord Reuse Authority and their Veteran Affairs & Issue (VIAD) sub-committee (as past Chair)
• Central Coast Community Energy (3CE)
• Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG) as an alternate board member
• Re-Gen Monterey (Landfull)
• Monterey Peninsula Regional Water Authority (MPRWA)

Ian was born and raised in North Chicago, Illinois, near the Great Lakes Navy Base. He was raised by his single mother alongside his older brother and sister. At seventeen, he enlisted in the United States Army and attended Basic Training at Fort McClellan, Alabama. As a Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical (NBC) Specialist, he received numerous letters of commendation, awards, and medals, attaining the rank of Sergeant (E-5P). He was stationed at Ft. McClellan, Ft. Lewis, Washington, Germany, and South Korea. Ian arrived in Seaside in 1990 and concluded his military service in 1994 with the 2/27th Infantry Battalion, 7th Infantry Division (Light Fighters) at Fort Ord, California.

After graduating from the Correctional Peace Officer's Academy with honors in 1995, he began his law enforcement career with CDCR. He was assigned to the Correctional Training Facility (CTF) in Soledad, California, where he received a special appointment to the Security and Investigation Unit (ISU) as an Investigative Officer. His duties included serving as one of two Institutional Key/Tool Control Officers, Local Archives Liaison, and for the last 18 years, as a Professional Development Instructor with-in the In-Service Training (IST) Unit responsible for the yearly training of over 1,700 staff members.

Ian’s current non-profit board memberships include:

NAACP Silver Life (past local Executive Board member and past chair, Political Action Committee); LULAC #2895 Monterey Peninsula; Past Commander, current Judge Advocate, VFW District #12 (representing over 3K veterans from Redwood City to King City); Quartermaster, and Past Commander; Seaside VFW Post #8679;  American Legion Post #591

 

Past Non Profit boards:

Monterey County United Way (7 yrs.), Community Foundation for Monterey County 2009/2010 Nominating Committee, Monterey County “Overall Economic Development Commission” (OEDC), and Past Chair, Monterey College of Law

His interests include reading non-fiction, golf and studying leadership to become a better servant leader. Ian is married to his beautiful wife Rita Cummings-Oglesby. They have four adult children and four grandchildren.

On Tuesday, November 5, 2024 Vote!

Ian N. Oglesby
for Seaside Mayor