KELIa Bingham
Watershed Coordinator for Acadiana Watershed District
Kelia Bingham was born and raised in Louisiana. She grew up in the city of Ville Platte, which is the parish seat of Evangeline Parish. Ville Platte is also home of the Cotton Festival, Smoked Meat Festival, and the Louisiana Swamp Pop Museum.
Kelia is a Planner II with the Acadiana Planning Commission in Lafayette, LA. She is the Watershed Coordinator for Region 5 of the Louisiana Watershed Initiative also known as the Acadiana Watershed District. Kelia’s professional background spans 27 years and includes federal, state, and local experience in overall watershed management, floodplain management, environmental education, nature-based solutions, stormwater regulations, and coastal Louisiana processes. She has previously worked for the Coastal Wetlands, Planning, and Protection Act, Lafayette Consolidated Government, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, and as a high school math and science teacher. Kelia holds a B.S. in Biology from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a M.Ed. from Louisiana State University. She resides in Lafayette, LA with her husband of almost 19 years, their 10-year-old daughter and six very spoiled cats.
You may join in person or remotely via zoom:
Pack and Paddle Outpost
101 Lucien St. Lafayette, LA
Meeting ID: 868 7576 6448
Passcode: 244471
*Monthly Meetings held on the3rd Monday of every month.
