Barbara Barrett

Barbara Barrett
Barbara Barrett. U.S. State Dep’t photo.
United States Ambassador to Finland
In office April 20, 2008 – January 16, 2009
Preceded by	Marilyn Ware
Personal details
Born	December 26, 1950
Alma mater	Arizona State University
Occupation	Owner of Triple Creek Guest Ranch
Profession	International business and aviation attorney, Businesswoman, Diplomat, Rancher

Barbara Barrett (born December 26, 1950) is an American businesswoman and diplomat. Barrett is chairman of the Aerospace Corporation and a member of the boards of California Institute of Technology,Jet Propulsion Laboratory, RAND Corporation, Smithsonian Institution, Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans and Lasker Foundation. She and her husband Craig own Triple Creek Ranch, A Montana Hideaway, ranked #1 Hotel in the World by Travel + Leisure magazine in 2014 and Business Insider magazine in 2015.

In 2012 Barrett was interim president of Thunderbird School of Global Management, now a unit of the Arizona State University Knowledge Enterprise. In 2008 and 2009, Barrett was U.S. Ambassador to Finland. Barrett was a senior advisor to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, a fellow teaching leadership at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, CEO of the American Management Association, deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and vice chairman of the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board. She also served on the boards of Space Foundation, Milton Hershey School and Hershey Trust Company, Mayo Clinic, Exponent Corporation, Raytheon and Piper Aircraft. Barrett was founding chairman of Valley Bank of Arizona, partner in a large Phoenix law firm and, before she was 30, an executive of two global Fortune 500 companies.