Currently serving on:
  • Southern Utah Foundation Board
  • Ann & Dixie Leavitt Foundation Board
  • Cedar City Trails Committee
  • Rotary Veterans Park Steering Committee
  • Cedar Recreation & Ball Complex Committee
  • SUU Sustainability Committee
  • SUU Board of Trustees
  • Cedar City Parks Board since 2000
  • Proud and Passionate Rotarian since 2001
  • Cedar City Council since 2005

As a community advocate and voice for families,
I am strongly committed to preserving the quality of life Cedar City now enjoys!

--Nina Barnes



  • B.S. Brigham Young University in Psychology
  • Has lived in Cedar City for 14 years with her husband Keith, a local attorney
  • Victim Advocate at the Women & Children’s Crisis Center
  • 1993+1999 LDS Social Services "Volunteer of the Year" for work with teen pregnancy
  • PTA Board Member, Den Leader, Utah Shakespearean Pumpkin Festival
  • Small Business Owner & Developer
  • Park Discovery General Coordinator
  • Cedar City Rotary Member & Director
  • 2000 Community Service Award "Iron County Home Builders Association"
  • 2001 Co-Chairman, Cedar City Sesquicentennial Gala
  • 2001 Woman of the Year "Cedar City Chamber of Commerce"
  • 2002 Chair of Cedar City Celebration of Trees
  • 2002-2003 Founding President of the American Children’s Christmas Festival
  • 2003 Founding Member Cedar City Children’s Justice Center Friends Board
  • 2007 SUU Master Plan Steering Committee
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