Arron Wood AM is an Australian environmentalist, consultant and previously Deputy Lord Mayor and Acting Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne. Wood, a graduate of the University of Melbourne with a degree in Forest Science, was the youngest appointed Governor of University College (Melbourne University). He founded and runs Kids Teaching Kids program to educate students about environmental issues.
In 2012 Arron Wood was first elected to Melbourne City Council. Cr Wood was Chair of the Finance and Governance portfolio.[1] He sits on the Victorian Adaptation & Sustainability Partnership Ministerial Advisory Committee, the Parks and Gardens Advisory Committee, the Yarra Park Advisory Committee and was a board member of Sustainability Victoria and the South East Water Authority.
Wood stood for election as Lord Mayor in 2020 but was unsuccessful. Sally Capp was returned as Lord Mayor.
Wood is running again as a Lord Mayor candidate in the 2024 Melbourne City Council election.