Barbara Halliday.

About Barbara Halliday

Barbara Jane Halliday was the mayor of Hayward, California from 2014 to 2022. Halliday was a city council member for 10 years prior to her election as mayor. Halliday has a B.A. in American studies from Mary Washington College, then associated with the University of Virginia. She pursued graduate work in journalism and urban studies at the University of Maryland. She has worked as a writer/editor for the Cecil Whig in Maryland, and for a California insurance company, retiring from that position in 2008 after 29 years. Her term began in July 2014.