District 5

Kelle BarfieldKelle Barfield

Elected November, 2019

Office Phone: (601) 634-8073
Cell: (601) 529-8904
Fax: (601) 630-8020

Email: kbarfield@co.warren.ms.us

Office Hours

Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
(Except on legal holidays)

Mailing Address

Warren County Board of Supervisors
913 Jackson Street
Vicksburg, Mississippi 39183-2539

Biography

Personal:

  • Native of Vicksburg and mother of three adult children and two grandchildren.

Educational:

  • Master of science degree in communications management from Syracuse University, New York, 2001.
  • Bachelor’s degree in magazine journalism from the University of Texas at Austin, 1983.
  • Graduate of Warren Central High School, 1979.

Professional:

  • Owner of Lorelei Books, Vicksburg’s independent bookstore devoted to keeping the love of literacy and learning alive.
  • Owner of Delta Warren Properties, preserving and restoring historic downtown buildings as a driver of Vicksburg economic growth.
  • Nuclear communications adviser to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria.
  • Entergy (retired), former vice president of integrated communications.

Community Affiliations:

  • Commission Member, Mississippi Commission on School Accreditation
  • Board of Directors, Vicksburg-Warren County Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, Vicksburg Warren Economic Development Foundation
  • Board of Directors, United Way of West Central Mississippi
  • Member, Warren County Long-Term Recovery Committee
  • Steering Committee Co-Chair, Vicksburg Warren College and Career Academies
  • Council Member, Warren and Claiborne Counties Energy Academy Partnership
  • President, Warren County Forestry Association
  • Board of Directors, Southern Culture Heritage Foundation

Religious Affiliation:

  • First Presbyterian Church, ruling elder, adult Sunday School teacher and ordained deacon