Barbara Moore is the University and Community Relations Manager for the City of College Station, where she works closely with the university on off-campus student relations. Previously, she was an Assistant to the City Manager. Prior to that, she was the City’s Neighborhood and Community Relations Coordinator for 12 years, where she worked with neighborhood leaders across the city. Currently, she continues to lead the city’s neighborhood, community, and university relations efforts, along with several civic engagement programs.
She graduated in 1992 from Jackson State University, a historically black university in Jackson, MS, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and Journalism. She is also a 1996 graduate from the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington in Seattle where she earned a Master’s Degree in Public Administration with an emphasis in Education and Social Policy. Soon after that, Barbara began volunteering and working with churches, non-profits, and grassroots organizations helping them develop programs, outreach strategies, and obtain funding.
Barbara has committed her entire career to serving others, working in both the non-profit and government sectors and volunteering in our local community. She encourages everyone to find ways to give back to the local community through service and volunteering.