Barbara Buffaloe

Barbara Buffaloe (born November 2, 1980) is an American politician who is the Mayor of Columbia, Missouri, currently serving her first term in office. As Mayor she is chair of the Columbia City Council. She won the 2022 Columbia, Missouri mayoral election with 43 percent of the vote. Before becoming Mayor she was the city sustainability manager for eleven years. She is the second female Mayor, and with her election women outnumber men on the city council for the first time. Mayor 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. She is currently the chair of the Environment Committee of the United States Conference of Mayors. References 1980 births 21st-century American politicians Mayors of Columbia, Missouri Living people Missouri city council members University of Missouri alumni 21st-century American women politicians