President
Massachusetts Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation

Jarrett Tomás Barrios serves as the president of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation. Barrios understands the health of the Commonwealth's residents and their ability to access health careincluding health insurance--to persist as principal challenges for Massachusetts.

A graduate of Harvard College ('90-'91) and Georgetown University Law Center ('95), Jarrett worked for the Boston City Council, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection and the law firms of Hill & Barlow and DLA Piper. In 1998 he was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and then to the State Senate in 2002 where he was the Senate chair of the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security.

"An open hand holds little water," says Barrios. "Philanthropy is the joining of many open hands, together capable of holding an ocean." His past work on health and wellness, as well as for other forms of individual empowerment--against violence, for education, for consumer protection to name a few-inform his current work. He speaks English and Spanish, and is proficient in Portuguese.