1. John F Barros was born on 1973 and is an American politician, businessman, and civic organizer who was formerly the chief of economic development for the City of Boston.
27 Facts About John Barros
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John Barros served as the executive director of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative.
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John Barros unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Boston in 2013 and 2021.
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John Barros is the son of immigrant parents from the Cape Verde Islands.
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John Barros's father came to Cape Cod in the 1950s to work in the cranberry bogs.
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John Barros attended public school until his mid teens when he entered Boston College High school.
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At Dartmouth, John Barros majored in Economics and African American studies.
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John Barros is a candidate for a master's degree in Public Policy at Tufts University.
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John Barros first became involved in the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative at the age of fourteen.
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John Barros was the first youth elected to its board.
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In 1996 John Barros began working as executive liability underwriter for the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies in New York City.
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John Barros quit his position with the DSNI in order to launch a 2013 campaign for mayor.
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John Barros additionally was a 2007 Barr Foundation Fellow, and worked on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
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In January 2010, John Barros was appointed by Mayor Tom Menino to a seat on the Boston School Committee.
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John Barros was a first Cape Verdean to serve on the committee.
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John Barros resigned this position in April 2013, in preparation for his mayoral campaign.
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John Barros campaigned avidly on behalf of Walsh's general election candidacy.
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John Barros was the first person to hold this new position.
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John Barros initially did not have a staff when he took office.
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However, in January 2016, he garnered great public attention when it was announced that General Electric would be moving its headquarters to Boston, a matter that John Barros had played a key role in achieving for Boston.
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John Barros brought GE to Boston; that alone earns him a spot on this list.
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Early into his tenure, John Barros stated his desire for businesses to extend their opening hours later into the night.
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In February 2021, John Barros resigned from the position in order to launch his second candidacy for mayor of Boston.
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In March 2021, John Barros announced he would run for mayor in the 2021 Boston mayoral election.
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However, in the days leading up to the election, John Barros expressed confidence, questioning the accuracy of polling.
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In January 2022, Barros became the first-ever visiting professional at Boston College's Joseph E Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action at the Carroll School of Management.
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John Barros has two children and resides in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, where he has served as a lay leader at St Patrick's Catholic Church.