Barbara Bender has served on the Snellville City Council since 2005. Currently the Mayor Pro-Tem, Barbara has led the effort to move Snellville forward. Within the last year, Snellville has seen many accomplishments:

Barbara and former City Council member Melvin Everson

• A new police department facility
• A plan for the Town Center
• A successful Farmers Market
• Briscoe Park improvements
• Hired an economic development director and started Snellville Tourism and Trade Association to attract new jobs

As a Certified Public Accountant for 20 years and Vice President of Hamilton Financial, Barbara understands finances. She understands the need to control spending, streamline government and implement efficiencies to cut waste in order to keep our taxes low while preserving high levels of service in public safety, roads and parks.

Barbara Bender and U.S. Congressman Rob Woodall

As an active member of the Gwinnett Municipal Association, Barbara represented the Association on the Planning Advisory Committee for the Gwinnett County 2030 Unified Plan.  She also served on the Board of Directors in 2009.

Barbara has also been active in the Snellville Commerce Club since 2004 and served as treasurer from 2006 until early 2011.  This is a business association that promotes local businesses and community engagement and has just recently become the Trade segment of the Snellville Tourism and Trade Association.

Understanding that being engaged in the community is vitally important, Barbara participated in the Gwinnett Chamber’s Leadership Gwinnett program in the class of 2010-2011.  Through this program Barbara interacted with current and emerging leaders not only within Gwinnett County, but also the Atlanta Metro Region.

Barbara and Greg

Barbara knows that training is very important and has participated in government training through the Georgia Municipal Association and the Atlanta Regional Commission’s three-day Community Planning Academy.

Barbara has been married to her husband Greg for 27 years.  They have 2 children, Nick (22) and Katie (18). She is a graduate of Parkview High School and Georgia State University and has lived in the Snellville area for 25 years.