Barbara Buffaloe | |
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Mayor of Columbia, Missouri | |
Assumed office April 18, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Brian Treece |
Personal details | |
Born | November 2, 1980 |
Spouse | Luke Buffaloe [1] |
Residence | Columbia, Missouri |
Education | University of Missouri [2] |
Website |
www.como.gov (government) buffaloeformayor |
Barbara Buffaloe (born November 2, 1980) is an American politician. She is serving her first term as the Mayor of Columbia, Missouri and chair of the Columbia City Council. [3]
Buffaloe won the 2022 Columbia, Missouri mayoral election with 43 percent of the vote. Before becoming Mayor she served as the city sustainability manager for eleven years. [4] She is the second female Mayor, and with her election women outnumber men on the city council for the first time in history. [5]
Buffaloe and former mayor Mary Anne McCollum shared the stage at the Missouri Theatre in the inaugural That's What She Said Columbia event held on April 15, 2023. [6] She is currently the chair of the Environment Committee of the United States Conference of Mayors. [7]