Barbara Barrett Biography

Barbara Barrett has been appointed a member of the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents. President Barack Obama signed the resolution Jan. 10 appointing her as a citizen regent. Barrett’s six-year term begins immediately.
The 17-member Smithsonian Board of Regents includes nine citizen members three members of the House of Representatives and three members of the Senate as well as the chief justice of the United States and the vice president both ex officio voting members. The Board of Regents is the governing body of the Smithsonian Institution.
Barrett has a connection to the Smithsonian dating to the 1980s when she was a member of the National Air and Space Museum Board; she served on the Smithsonian National Board for most of the last decade and co-founded Smithsonian Gemstone Collectors in 2010.
Barrett is CEO of Triple Creek Guest Ranch an award-winning Montana resort. She also serves on the governing boards of the RAND and Aerospace Corps. Sally Ride Science and the Lasker and Space Foundations. Barrett recently concluded her tenure as interim president of Thunderbird School of Global Management.

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