Jarrett T. Barrios

Jarrett Tomás Barrios
Barrios addressing GLAAD, 2009
Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex district
In office January 2003 – July 2007
Preceded by	Tom Birmingham
Succeeded by	Anthony D. Galluccio
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 28th Middlesex district
In office January 1999 – December 2002
Preceded by	Alvin Thompson
Succeeded by	Edward G. Connolly
Personal details
Born	(1968-10-16) October 16, 1968 (age 48)
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Doug Hattaway (divorced)
Residence	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Harvard College (B.A.) Georgetown University (J.D.)

Jarrett Tomás Barrios (born October 16, 1968) is the chief executive officer of the American Red Cross Los Angeles Chapter/Disaster Services, a former politician and activist. Prior to this, he served at the CEO of the American Red Cross of Massachusetts. Barrios served as a member of both the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts Senate and became the first Latino and first openly gay man elected to the Massachusetts Senate. He subsequently served as president of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation and, later, of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).

The son of a Cuban-American carpenter and a Cuban-American social worker in Tampa, Florida, Barrios moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts at the age of 17 to study at Harvard College, after graduating from Jefferson High School in Tampa. After graduating in 1990 with high honors and working for the Boston City Council, he obtained his law degree with honors from Georgetown University. Eisenhower Fellowships selected Jarrett Barrios as a USA Eisenhower Fellow in 2009.

Barrios has served as the Chief Executive Officer of various regions of the Red Cross in the USA since 2011. Barrios took over as CEO of the Red Cross of Los Angeles on March 3, 2014. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross of Massachusetts since 2011. Barrios was credited with expanding and revitalizing the organization's mandate and leading it through two of Massachusetts' most serious disasters since the 1978 blizzard, namely the Marathon bombings and blizzard Nemo in 2013. Since Barrios took the helm, the Red Cross of Massachusetts has expanded its volunteer base by 400 percent and doubled the number of Red Cross youth clubs in Massachusetts high schools.