1. Jarrett Barrios was the chief executive officer of the American Red Cross Los Angeles Region.
18 Facts About Jarrett Barrios
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The son of a Cuban-American carpenter and a Cuban-American social worker in Tampa, Florida, Jarrett Barrios moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts at the age of 17 to study at Harvard College after graduating from Jefferson High School in Tampa.
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Jarrett Barrios was the CEO of various regions of the Red Cross in the US from 2011 to 2020.
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Jarrett Barrios took over as CEO of the Red Cross of Los Angeles on March 3,2014.
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Jarrett Barrios has been the CEO of the American Red Cross of Massachusetts since 2011.
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Jarrett 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 Boston Marathon bombings and blizzard Nemo in 2013.
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Since Jarrett 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.
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Jarrett Barrios began his legislative career in 1998 when he was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
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Jarrett Barrios authored legislation creating a statewide affordable housing trust and establishing a low-income housing tax credit, which provides an incentive for developers to create affordable housing.
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Jarrett Barrios was the prime sponsor of a bill that enhanced state disaster relief efforts in coordination with the American Red Cross.
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Jarrett Barrios rose to national attention in 2006 when he proposed legislation to limit Marshmallow fluff in Massachusetts public schools after he learned his son's elementary school served Fluffernutters.
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Jarrett Barrios chaired the Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security.
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Jarrett Barrios authored legislation creating a state witness protection program and establishing an anti-gang violence grant program known as the Shannon Grant.
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Jarrett Barrios authored one of the nation's most comprehensive identity theft laws, which provided new protections to consumers whose personal data is stolen from retailers or other third parties.
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Jarrett Barrios wrote a law updating state fire codes in the wake of a deadly night club fire in neighboring Rhode Island.
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On other issues, Jarrett Barrios authored a law designed to protect homeowners from foreclosure and to crack down on unscrupulous subprime lenders.
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Jarrett Barrios led Senate passage of legislation promoting "environmental justice," addressing health care disparities among minorities, and strengthening enforcement of "buffer zones" around women's health facilities.
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Jarrett Barrios married communications consultant and Democratic political operative Doug Hattaway in 2004.