Jarrett Barrios Biography

Jarrett Barrios serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross Los Angeles. Leading a team of talented humanitarians to provide care and comfort to those afflicted by disasters-large and small he also leads Prepare SoCal’s effort to prepare Los Angeles against disasters ranging from home fires to a major earthquake. Barrios and the Los Angeles Red Cross team are expanding Prepare Los Angeles to focus on building up the resiliency of the most vulnerable communities in Los Angeles. The LA Regional team also spans the arc of Red Cross services to the public including services to active duty military and veterans international humanitarian services and youth and community engagement efforts. This portfolio builds on his prior role as the chief executive of the Massachusetts Red Cross where for his transformational leadership he was awarded the American Red Cross Presidential Award for Excellence in 2014. Barrios is an honors graduate from Harvard College (AB ’90-’91) and Georgetown Law (’95) and practiced law at the Boston firm of Hill & Barlow then began public service in 1999 as a Massachusetts State Representative for four years then as a State Senator for five years. In the House he authored a broad range of legislation from a law to improve emergency room services for immigrants to the creation of a state low-income housing tax credit. In the Senate he chaired the Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee and was the Vice Chair of the Health Care Committee.

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