Margaret C. D'Arrigo
Candidate for City Council Member, Salinas, District 3 · City of Salinas, Councilmember
Margaret C. D'Arrigo is a third-generation Salinas Valley resident, one of six children raised in the Maple Park neighborhood of south Salinas in a family with deep roots in the region's agricultural industry. She has more than 30 years of experience in agribusiness management and economics, holding a leadership role at her family's produce company and later founding her own consulting business. She has served as president of the Grower-Shipper Association and co-founded the Impower initiative. She is an elected Trustee on the Hartnell Community College District governing board representing Area 3, has chaired the United Way of Monterey County board and the Hartnell College Foundation board, and serves on the boards of the Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce, Rancho Cielo, Salinas City Center Improvement, the Women's Fund for Monterey County, and the CSU Monterey Bay Women's Leadership program.
Positions in brief
Margaret D'Arrigo's stated priorities center on community development, addressing food insecurity, and expanding educational opportunity in underserved parts of Salinas.
D'Arrigo points to her decades in agribusiness and her civic board work — including chairing the United Way of Monterey County and the Hartnell College Foundation — as the basis for a platform focused on tackling food insecurity and expanding education access, building on her current role as an elected Hartnell College trustee overseeing policy for thousands of students.
On the issues
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